Malaysia extends the implementation time of “movement control order”

Xinhua News Agency, Kuala Lumpur, February 2 (Reporter Lin Hao Yuwei) The Malaysian government announced on the 2nd that the “movement control order” implemented in most parts of the country will be extended to February 18.

            Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Jacobs, who is responsible for coordinating epidemic prevention and control measures, said at a press conference on the same day that health department data shows that the number of new confirmed cases of new crowns in each state in Malaysia continues to increase every day, so The government decided to extend the “movement control order” originally scheduled to expire on February 4.

            In order to control the spread of the epidemic, the Malaysian government first implemented “movement control orders” in the more severely affected capital Kuala Lumpur, the administrative capital Putrajaya, Selangor, Sabah, and Johor on January 13. As the number of new cases continues to rise, the scope of the implementation of the “movement control order” continues to expand, and now covers all regions of the country except Sarawak.

            The “Motion Control Order” prohibits gatherings such as weddings, conferences, and festival celebrations; people’s travel is restricted to a radius of 10 kilometers, and cross-city and county travel is prohibited; restaurants are prohibited from eating in; manufacturing, construction, service, logistics, and other “necessary economic “Field” can continue to operate, but must strictly abide by epidemic prevention measures and limit the number of office workers.

             The epidemic data released by the Ministry of Health of Malaysia on the 2nd showed that as of noon that day, the country had 3,455 new confirmed cases of new crowns in the past 24 hours, and a total of 222,628 confirmed cases; 21 new deaths, a record high number of deaths in a single day since the outbreak. A total of 791 cases died.

Source: Bengbu Daily