Malaysia is going down a similar path.
Malaysia has a population of about 32M people, and the peak infection rate was between 150 and 200 new cases per day. Currently new infections are down to 30-50 per day, total active cases are 1,400, of which only 16 are in critical condition. Since all this begin, only 109 people have died from COVID-19 in Malaysia.
Nonetheless, 2 months ago the government decided to completely shut down the entire country. Anyone leaving their home for anything other than groceries or urgent medical care was to be arrested. I thought this was excessive at the time.....I just don't understand what the government is thinking...
I Trust malaysia's gov actions more than their statements.