Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Government Malaysia decided to extend the total lockdown or movement control orders (PKP) to suppress the spread corona virus.
The lockdown was extended for two weeks from June 15 to June 28, 2021.
The announcement was delivered by the Minister of Defense of Malaysia, Dato ‘Seri Ismail Sabri Yakoob in Putrajaya, Friday (11/6).
Malaysia previously applied lockdown total from 7 to 14 June.
“The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has displayed and recommended in the Special Session of the National Security Council (MKN) led by the Prime Minister today that PKP 3.0 be extended for another two weeks,” he was quoted as saying by Antara.
This decision was made after considering the number of daily cases is still high, exceeding 5,000 infections.
“The list of positive or negative and SOPs for every factory, trade and industrial activity are still as announced before,” he said.
He expects the apparatus not to be confused in implementing the SOP.
“I don’t want people to be affected by misinterpretations because of the SOPs in the field by the authorities,” he said.
On Friday (11/6) cases of corona in Malaysia reached 6,849 cases while the previous day 5,671 cases.
Two days ago, on Wednesday (9/6), the Ministry of Health stated that the Covid transmission indicator had decreased to 0.96.
To date, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has reached 646,411 infections and 3,768 deaths.
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