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Malaysia Struggles to Shake COVID-19 as PM Quarantines, Challenges Mount

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   In Malaysia the challenges keep piling on. The new prime minister went
   into a COVID-19 quarantine, even as he tries to crush rivals'
   Game-of-Thrones-style attempt at his job. Hordes broke travel
   restrictions to celebrate Ramadan, leading to fears of a virus surge.
   And the economy has contracted, an outcome exacerbated by decreasing
   income from fallen oil prices.

   While COVID-19 spares few nations, Malaysia faces a combination of
   issues in particular. Not least of these is the unprecedented power
   struggle in March, which brought the party that ruled Malaysia for 50
   years back in office. Muhyiddin Yassin has been prime minister less
   than three months, with much of that time spent fighting off power
   grabs as well as fighting off the pandemic.

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