‘His Majesty the Sultan Abdullah believes that the COVID-19 outbreak In Malaysia, it is in critical condition. It is therefore necessary to declare a state of emergency under Article 150 of the Constitution of the Federal State of Malaysia, ‘the Istana Negara Palace Bureau issued a statement.
The nationwide state of emergency has been declared to tackle the COVID-19 outbreak. In Malaysia, this comes after Malaysian authorities first found 3, ooo cases last week. And thus the total number of COVID-19 cases Increased to over 138,000 and 555 deaths.
Last monday Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin has announced a mandate to implement travel controls in five states – Penang, Selangor, Malacca, Johor and Sabah – with three central regions. Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan for two weeks to 26 Jan to curb a COVID-19 outbreak.
Earlier in October, King Abdullah Ahmad Shah had rejected the Malaysian government’s request to declare a state of emergency nationwide. Because His Highness saw that the epidemic situation at that time was not yet a critical stage
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