KUALA LUMPUR – Several areas in Johor, Sabah, and Pahang will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from Tuesday, June 22 until July 5, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said the areas in Johor are Kg Tanjung Genting, Kg Benaung, Kg Makam, and Kg Sawah Datok in Tenglu subdistrict, Mersing.
“The Health Ministry has detected a spike in Covid-19 cases in the four localities where 54 positive cases have been recorded after 268 screenings were conducted.
“In Sabah, the localities are Kg Skim Pamalan in Keningau, Kg Jaya Baru in Kunak, Taman Wijaya Park in Kota Kinabalu, Kg Serudung Baru in Tawau, and Ladang Brumas in Kalabakan.
“In Kg Skim Pamalan, 30 tested positive as a result of 339 screenings, or a positivity rate of 8.84%,” he said in a statement on the movement control order’s developments today.
In Kg Jaya Baru, he said, there were 20 positive cases, with Taman Wijaya Park seeing 12 cases, Kg Serudung Baru 10 case, and Ladang Brumas nine cases.
As for Pahang, Ismail Sabri said, five housing estates in Mentakab, Temerloh, namely Taman Bukit Bendera, Taman Rimba, Taman Sri Layang, Taman Saga, and Taman Saga Indah, would be placed under EMCO after the ministry detected an increase in Covid-19 cases.
He said eight cases were detected in Taman Bukit Bendera, Taman Rimba (10 cases), Taman Saga (three cases), Taman Saga Indah (two cases), and Taman Sri Layang (seven cases).
He said the EMCO in place would facilitate the ministry in conducting targeted screenings and curbing the spread of Covid-19 to other communities.
At the same time, Ismail Sabri said, the EMCO in Kg Pulutan, Nabawan in Sabah, which was scheduled to end tomorrow, has been extended to July 5 after the number of infections continued to rise among residents in the area.
He said the EMCO imposed in Kg Murni C in Nabawan; Kg Tamalang and Kg Tuguson in Kota Belud; Kg Bergosong, Pulau Sebatik in Tawau; Kg Ongkilan in Kota Marudu; Kg Jaya Gading, part of Kg Seri Damai, and Bandar Baru Jaya Gading in Jaya Gading as well as the Gebeng Industrial area in Kuantan, Pahang would end as scheduled tomorrow.
“The EMCO at Taman Permata Apartment, Sandakan in Sabah was lifted today,” he said.
On compliance with MCO standard operating procedures, Ismail Sabri said 852 individuals were arrested for various offences yesterday and of the number, 821 were compounded and 31 others remanded. – Bernama, June 21, 2021
