This book is about explaining and analysing Malaysia’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the context of the Malaysian economy. This book serves as an important historical account for Malaysia and for Malaysian economic history in particular, as this COVID-19 pandemic challenges are indeed unprecedented.

This book is crucial, especially for policymakers, undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics, as well as the general public at large to understand what happened and make sense of what measures and results of what the Malaysian government has done.