KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 (NNN-Bernama) — The Movement Control Order (MCO) 2.0, scheduled to end on Feb 4 in all states except for east Malaysian state Sarawak, has been extended to Feb 18, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said the decision was made based on the risk assessments and advice of the Ministry of Health (MOH) after finding that daily cases in all states still show an upward trend.
The matter was decided at the National Security Council (MKN) special meeting on Movement Control Order today, he told at a press conference here.
“The MOH confirmed that daily cases in all these states still show an upward trend, with positivity rate in clusters at between 20 and 40 per cent, besides that, the sporadic transmission within the community is also high involving citizens as well as non-citizens.
“The special meeting today (Tuesday) has decided to extend MCO 2.0 throughout the country from Feb 5 to 18, except Sarawak which has been placed under conditional MCO (CMCO) and areas under the enhanced MCO,” he said.
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