Malaysia to reimpose 2-week limited lockdown to stem virus spread

Malaysain PM Muhyiddin said interstate travel will also be barred during the two-week lockdown, but assured that five essential sectors will be allowed to continue operating under strict regulations

Reuters

11 January, 2021, 04:50 pm

Last modified: 11 January, 2021, 04:50 pm

Police officers wearing protective suits gather outside an apartment under enhanced lockdown to pick up illegal immigrants, during the movement control order due to the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 1, 2020/ Reuters

Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on Monday announced a fresh lockdown in the capital Kuala Lumpur and five states, as the Southeast Asian nation's cumulative cases grew to over 135,000 as of Sunday.

Muhyiddin said interstate travel will also be barred during the two-week lockdown, but assured that five essential sectors will be allowed to continue operating under strict regulations.

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