Friday, 18 Dec 2020 02:49 PM MYT
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali said Melaka recorded a surge in Covid-19 cases from December 12 to December 17 where the cumulative number of individuals confirmed positive was 551 cases. Picture by Hari Anggara
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MELAKA, Dec 18 The Melaka government is considering implementing the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at the Jasin Correctional Centre following a sudden spike in Covid-19 transmission cases involving the inmates and detainees.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali said it was to enable comprehensive close contact screening and centralised contact quarantine to be carried out as well as for control and prevention measures to curb the virus from spreading to prison personnel and the community.
Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali
(pic) said it was to enable comprehensive close contact screening and centralised contact quarantine to be carried out as well as for control and prevention measures to curb the virus from spreading to prison personnel and the community. I would like to clarify the increase in Covid-19 cases is confined to the Jasin Correctional Centre, there is no transmission in the community and the situation is under control, he said in a statement issued by the Melaka Chief Minister s Office here on Friday (Dec 18).
Sulaiman said investigations revealed that the cause of the transmission of Covid-19 at the correctional facility was traced to the inmates and new detainees from Kajang and Sungai Buloh prisons related to the Jalan Harapan prison cluster as well as due to overcrowding.