MALAYSIA is getting eerily close to the 7,000 mark for daily new Covid-19 cases with 6,976 cases reported yesterday, taking the country’s cumulative total to 512,091.Health DG Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor was again on top of the list with 2,235 new cases. This was followed by Sarawak with 663 cases, Kelantan (626) and Johor (549).Other states recording high cases included Kuala Lumpur (KL) (447), Negri Sembilan (434) and Kedah (422).
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Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob speaks to reporters after the naming ceremony of Malaysia s first locally produced High Mobility Armoured Vehicle in Kuala Lumpur April 2, 2021. ― Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 23 The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be imposed at Taman Abaka in Ladang Table, Tawau, Sabah, from Tuesday (May 25) until June 7, following a sharp increase of cases recorded in the area.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, said thus far, there were 37 positive Covid-19 cases recorded as a result of 135 screening tests conducted by the Ministry of Health (MOH) in the locality.