COMMENT | There is much misunderstanding about the Covid-19 situation in the country.

In particular, the high rates in the Klang Valley and the role of the only state task force, the Selangor Task Force on Covid-19 (STFC).

Allow me to share a few points and insights.

Don't look at absolute numbers which the daily press releases only harp on. This is unthinking sharing of numbers which is a lousy description of the disease epidemiology.

The numbers are misleading unless expressed as per population. Klang Valley is densely populated, of course, the absolute numbers will be high. More importantly, look at where the positive cases are...