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Published on: Sunday, May 09, 2021
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JERANTUT: The Government is not planning to implement nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) so far. However, it will proceed with targeted movement restrictions, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
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Ismail Sabri said the targeted MCO could also be enforced following the Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (Hide) system that would indicate specific areas with large cases of Covid-19 outbreak (hotspots).
“If there is a hotspot area, we will enforce an MCO according to the village, sub-district, or district that has a large number of outbreak cases with the smallest scale (of the MCO) that will be implemented is the Enhanced Movement Control Order (Emco), but it will still be done in a targeted manner.
JERANTUT (Bernama): The government is not planning to implement a nationwide movement control order but will proceed with targeted movement restrictions instead, says Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
He said the targeted MCO could also be enforced following the Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (HIDE) system, which would indicate specific areas with Covid-19 hotspots. If there is a hotspot, we will enforce an MCO according to the village, subdistrict or district with a large number of cases but it will still be done in a targeted manner. However, various possibilities can occur because according to data from the Health Ministry (MOH), cases could reach up to more than 5,000 after the (Aidilfitri) celebration and can rise to 10,000 cases in July and August if there is no intervention from the government, he said.
Govt not planning to enforce nationwide MCO, proceeds with targeted MCO 08 May 2021 / 17:56 H. Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Bernama
JERANTUT: The government is not planning to implement nationwide Movement Control Order so far, however, it will proceed with targeted movement restrictions, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Ismail Sabri said the targeted MCO could also be enforced following the Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (HIDE) system that would indicate specific areas with large cases of Covid-19 outbreak (hotspots).
“If there is a hotspot area, we will enforce an MCO according to the village, subdistrict, or district that has a large number of outbreak cases with the smallest scale (of the MCO) that will be implemented is the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO), but it will still be done in a targeted manner.