MCO will extended in KL, Selangor, Johor and Penang until March 4

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Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that The movement control order (MCO) will be extended in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Johor, and Penang from Feb 19 until March 4.

For Kedah, Perak, Negri Sembilan, Melaka, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Putrajaya, Labuan and Sabah will be placed under the conditional MCO from Feb 19 until March 4.

He said also, Perlis will be placed under the recovery MCO also from Feb 19 until March 4, and Sarawak is currently under the conditional MCO, which has been extended from Monday (Feb 15) to March 1.

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“Even though the total cases and cases from interstate crossing have shown an overall decrease now with the recent MCO implementation, cases are still high for certain states like Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Johor and Penang.

“Therefore in our National Security Council meeting today, we concluded that we will continue with MCO in these states,” the defence minister said in a virtual press conference.

Malaysia recorded 2,720 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, a slight increase from the 2,464 cases yesterday.

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