MCO in Kluang, Johor
- Haseena Syazlin
- May 9, 2021
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By: Haseena Syazlin
KUALA LUMPUR, 9 MAY 2021: Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that the district of Kluang in Johor will be placed under the Movement Control Order (MCO) for two weeks commencing Tuesday (May 11) until May 24 following a large number of positive cases for COVID-19.
Kluang has recorded a total of 512 positive cases since May 4, 2021 out of 3,867 tests done by the Ministry of Health (MOH).
“Apart from that, MOH also reported four active clusters within this district with an infectivity rate of 13%,” said Ismail Sabri in a statement today.
According to Ismail Sabri, travel across district and state borders is prohibited, and health and safety protocols will be the same as those implemented earlier for all other MCO areas.
“The MCO had to be imposed to help prevent unnecessary travel during the Aidilfitri festival and school holidays since the community clusters are now the primary contributors to recent cases”, he added.
Subsequently, Ismail Sabri also announced that the government had decided to implement the Enhanced MCO (EMCO) in Kampung Keramat in Semporna, Sabah for the same period (May 11 – May 24).
“So far, the MOH has recorded 10 COVID-19 positive cases from 101 screening tests conducted on residents in the locality. The implementation of the EMCO will facilitate the MOH to carry out early case detection as well as curb the spread of the virus to other areas outside the locality,” he said.
Malaysia recorded another high number of cases with 3,733 new cases today. Selangor topped with 1,278 cases followed by Sarawak (454) cases, Johor (365 cases) and Kuala Lumpur (338 cases).
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