Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming believed that the National Security Council (NSC) had failed the country in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic by permitting interstate travel in December 2020 when the “percent positive” testing rate for the virus was over five percent.

In a statement today, Ong said only when the percent positive figure drops to less than five percent should a government relax the existing public health measures put in place to control the spread of the pandemic...