The Port Dickson MP said there was no excuse for the low registration rates in rural areas, as the government had previously convinced many rural folk to come out and vote during the nationwide polls.

“More government machinery needs to be mobilised to suburban areas,” he told reporters after a visit to the vaccination centre in Sunway Pyramid Convention Centre here today.

“The excuse of people not wanting to register and delaying their registrations just shows a lack of preparedness and commitment on the part of the country’s leadership.”

Commenting on the vaccination process here, Anwar said he was satisfied to see that things were going smoothly on the ground in urban areas such as Kuala Lumpur and Subang.

Anwar was accompanied by other Pakatan Harapan members, including PKR’s Wong Chen, DAP’s Lim Yi Wei and Amanah’s Dzulkefly Ahmad, who is also chairman of the Selangor Covid-19 task force.

Selangor menteri besar Amirudin Shari was unable to join as he had to attend a National Security Council meeting.

Anwar added that there was a need for the government to collect and share raw Covid-19 data to combat the rising number of infections in the country.

“We need granular data, so we can effectively impose targeted lockdowns on specific clusters,” he said, adding that this would also help to identify hotspots two to three weeks ahead.

The health ministry recorded 8,290 Covid-19 cases today, breaching the 8,000 mark for the first time. It is also the fourth straight day of record high cases.

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