KUALA LUMPUR – The Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Kelantan, Penang and Sarawak has been extended for another two weeks, while interstate travel restriction will remain in force.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the extension of the CMCO in Sarawak would take effect from today until April 12, while in five other states starting from Thursday (April 1) until April 14.
“The Recovery MCO in Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Putrajaya, Melaka, Negeri Sembilan, Terengganu, Sabah and Labuan is also extended, effective from the same date (April 1).
“The ban on interstate travel also stays, only interdistrict travel is allowed except in Sabah and Sarawak which is still restricted as per request from the respective state governments,” he said in a news conference on the MCO development here, today.
He added that the decision was made after a National Security Council’s special session to listen to a presentation by the Health Ministry (MOH) on the situation and risk assessment for the 14-day implementation of the CMCO and RMCO in states nationwide.
Elaborating on the compliance operation task force, Ismail Sabri said a total of 17 individuals were arrested yesterday for violating the standard operating procedures and all of them were compounded.
“The highest number of offences were associated with entertainment centre activities involving 14 cases, while three cases were not wearing face masks,” he said.
On Op Benteng, Ismail Sabri said three illegal immigrants were deported and 52 vessels were detected in the country’s waters yesterday.
On the mandatory screening of immigrant workers, he said 2,578 people were screened yesterday and three were found to be positive for COVID-19.
“Cumulatively, the Human Resources Ministry informed that a total of 662,335 immigrant workers were screened for COVID-19, of which 10,067 were tested positive for the coronavirus,” he said.
Increasing number of cases
New COVID-19 cases in Malaysia meanwhile rose back to four digits when 1,133 infections were reported today, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said five fatalities were also reported over the same 24-hour period, bringing the death toll to 1,265.
A total of 1,148 recoveries were reported during the period, bringing the cumulative total for recovered cases to 344,018 and active cases to 14,199.
“Of the new cases, 1,125 were local transmissions and eight were imported cases, while 161 individuals are still in intensive care, including 76 on ventilator support,” he said in a statement here.
Yesterday, new cases dropped to 941, the first three-digit daily figure since December last year.
He said the three states with the most number of new cases were Selangor with 401, followed by Penang (194) and Sarawak (153), while the other states all recorded fewer than 100 cases each.
On the latest deaths, he said they involved local men aged between 36 and 88, who had chronic diseases.
Dr Noor Hisham also said nine new clusters were detected, with five at workplaces, three in the community and one involving high-risk group, that is the Kota Kemajuan Cluster in Johor.
The workplace clusters are Jalan Pinang Raja, Jalan SC Satu and Jalan Western in Selangor, Jalan Sulaiman in Kuala Lumpur and Batu Enam Setengah in Negeri Sembilan while the community clusters are Fasa Dua Semarak and Ranggu in Sabah and Jalan Merak in Johor.
