KUALA LUMPUR – Two more localities in Pahang and one in Sabah will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) from May 17 to 30 after a surge of cases with high infectivity rate was recorded within a week in the areas.
Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the areas involved were Kg Paya Teh, Jerantut and Seri Kemunting, Kuantan, Pahang and Kg Sungai Langgas in Kunak, Sabah.
Ismail Sabri in a statement today said, 35 positive cases were detected in Kg Paya Teh, 16 cases in Seri Kemunting while Kg Sungai Langgas recorded 17 positive cases.
Meanwhile he said, the EMCO at the Meranti, Midhill and Ramin apartments along with the Vista Residence in Bentong, ends today, while in Sarawak, the EMCO at Luni longhouse, Manna, Nelson Chuat in Mukah would end tomorrow.
The EMCO will also be lifted tomorrow at five longhouses, namely Belayong, Muda, Tepi, Minggu and Undom in Jalan Bukut Balingian, Mukah, Sarawak much earlier than the scheduled date of May 20.
However the EMCO would be extended further at Jali Anak Empaling and Lanyau Anak Tuli longhouses, Bukit Dinding-Bergerik in Mukah, Sarawak until May 23.
He added that 551 individuals were arrested for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures yesterday, with 519 compounded and 32 remanded. – Bernama, May 15, 2021
