Kuala Lumpur: There are no more districts categorised as green zones in the peninsula as of Tuesday while four states - Penang, Selangor, Melaka as well as Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya - have only red zones, according to the Ministry of Health’s Facebook post, Wednesday.
The 14-day movement data on the distribution of new Covid-19 cases by districts in the peninsula from May 5 to 18 showed the number of positive cases in Malaysia during the period was 57,089.
“Eight districts in the peninsula are in orange status, namely Langkawi, Kampar, Jelebu, Kuala Pilah, Rompin, Bera, Lipis and Marang, while the districts with yellow status are Kangar, Perak Tengah, Mersing, Cameron Highlands, Maran, Hulu Terengganu, Kemaman, Gua Musang, Padang Terap and Sik,” it said.
Sabah has the most green zones, namely Tambunan, Kudat, Nabawan, Pitas, Kuala Penyu, Tongod, Telupid and Beluran.
Meanwhile, Sarawak has five districts in the green zone namely Simunjan, Asajaya, Kabong, Marudi and Telang Usan.
Green zone districts recorded zero cases, yellow (1–20 cases), orange (21–40 cases) and red (41 cases or more).
Meanwhile, Selangor does not want a full lockdown but will abide if directed by the Federal Government under the Emergency Ordinance, said State Public Health, Unity, Women and Family Development Committee Chairman Dr Siti Mariah Mahmud.
Commenting on a full Movement Control Order (MCO) proposed by Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba earlier, Dr Siti Mariah said the move would give negative impact to the economic growth of the State.
She said the State Government is of the view that a full MCO could not fully prevent Covid-19 infection if the source of transmission was not properly controlled, especially from industrial areas, to infect the community.
“We do not want people being unable to go out to work. So to enable them go to work, we should focus on areas which have many clusters,” she said.
Apart from that, large-scale Covid-19 screening tests and vaccination should be carried out in Selangor to ensure the MCO is effective.
As at Tuesday, 3.3 per cent of Selangor residents have been vaccinated through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.
In this regard, the Selangor State Government expressed its intention to procure vaccine for priority groups despite the Federal Government’s assurance to provide free vaccine to all Malaysians.
“We have informed the central government that Selangor will be focusing on workers as the State is dependent on factories and industries which contribute almost 25 per cent of Malaysia’s Gross Domestic Product,” she said.
As such, Selangor is taking the initiative to provide vaccine and employers are willing to purchase the vaccine for their workers as they do not want to suffer losses over closure of factory due to Covid-19 cases.
In another development, Dr Siti Mariah said the State Government through Selgate Corporation has also booked 2.5 million doses of vaccine from one of the three suppliers namely Pfizer-BioNTech, Sinovac and AstraZeneca, which is expected to arrive in June.
“We have reached the final stage (discussion and purchase), and the Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari is expected to announce the vaccine purchase next week,” she said.
