Four areas in Sabah placed under EMCO beginning tomorrow 09 Apr 2021 / 21:01 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: The Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) will be enforced in four areas in Sabah beginning tomorrow until April 23 to curb the spread of Covid-19 and to enable the Health Ministry to conduct targeted screening tests on all residents.
Senior Minister (Security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (
pix) said the areas involved are Kampung Gayang, Tuaran as well as at the Industrial Training Institute (ILP), Taman Permata and Taman Seri Labuk in Sandakan.
He said the EMCO enforcement follows a risk assessment by various agencies in the Movement Control Order (MCO) technical committee and the advice of the Health Ministry that confirmed the spread of Covid-19 at the localities with a high infectivity rate.
Health authorities have so far carried out 38 swab tests on residents with five people testing positive.
Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said health authorities have also confirmed a spike in the number of cases over the past week, with a high infectivity rate. Following a risk assessment, the government has agreed to enforce the enhanced MCO at Kampung Gayang in Tuaran until April 23. This will allow authorities to implement measures to prevent infectivity, he said on Friday (April 9).
Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said the Industrial Training Institute, Taman Permata and Taman Seri Labuk in Sandakan, Sabah will also be placed under the enhanced MCO from April 10.
Friday, 09 Apr 2021 09:04 PM MYT
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, April 9 The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be enforced in four areas in Sabah beginning tomorrow until April 23 to curb the spread of Covid-19 and to enable the Health Ministry to conduct targetted screening tests on all residents.
Senior Minister (Security cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the areas involved are Kampung Gayang, Tuaran as well as at the Industrial Training Institute (ILP), Taman Permata and Taman Seri Labuk in Sandakan.