Khazanah Research Institute research adviser Jomo Kwame Sundaram has questioned whether Malaysia's movement control orders (MCO) were the best solution in controlling the Covid-19 pandemic and protecting the people's welfare.

This is as there were countries successfully fighting the pandemic without resorting to similar measures, Jomo said.

"If we look at the situation in other countries, not every country has implemented MCO or something similar, such as Japan, South Korea...