By Sherilyn Pang
SHAH ALAM, Feb 2 — The movement control order (MCO) 2.0, which was enforced on January 13 and scheduled to end on February 4, has been extended by another two weeks until February 18.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said interstate travel and social activities are still not allowed during the extension period with the same standard operating procedure (SOP) in place.
“Based on the MCO Risk Assessment Report by the Health Ministry (MOH), the National Security Council (NSC) has agreed to extend the MCO 2.0 across the country from February to 5-18, except for Sarawak, which is currently under the conditional MCO (CMCO), and the areas under the enhanced MCO (EMCO),” he said in a press conference broadcasted live today.
Ismail Sabri explained that the MOH had verified that the daily Covid-19 cases in the states concerned were still showing an upward trend with cluster positivity rate of 20 to 40 per cent.
He said to date, that there have been 31 clusters linked to interstate travels, which had caused the rise to the daily Covid-19 positive cases.
As of yesterday, Malaysia has recorded a total of 4,214 new coronavirus cases.
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