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Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, in a photo posted on his Facebook page on May 7.
Credit: Facebook/Muhyiddin Yassin
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Today, Malaysia will go into its third lockdown to head off a surge of a highly infections variant of COVID-19, unexpectedly curtailing Eid festivities for Malaysian Muslims for the second year running.
Between today and June 7, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced on Monday, social activities including dining out are banned and all inter-state and inter-district travel is forbidden except for medical or other approved reasons. Events will be postponed and schools will be closed.