Dr Mahathir Mohamad criticised the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government for being engrossed with its Covid-19 plans, which he said had proven to be unsuccessful as daily Covid-19 cases in the country hit a high of over 17,000.

The former prime minister said the special Parliament sitting should have allowed the MPs to debate and discuss ways to flatten the Covid-19 curve instead of making them sit through briefings about the government's plans against the pandemic.

“The disease reached 17,000 (infections) in a day and...