The decision was made in the special National Security Council meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin this evening. Malaysia's total case count sits at 646,411 after 6,849 new cases were reported by the. He said 24 Eid clusters have been detected with 850 confirmed cases. Friday, May 28th, 2021 at News by AZREEN HANI A total lockdown will be implemented nationwide where no social and economic sectors, except essential services are allowed to operate from June 1 until June 14. Malaysia is extending an two-week lockdown another two weeks as average daily infection rates remain high. A lockdown last year badly hit the economy, and the government resisted growing calls for another large-scale lockdown but caved in after the runaway increase in new cases.Įarlier Friday, Senior Minister Ismail Sabri said many ethnic Malay Muslims violated COVID-19 safety rules that banned them from visiting each other during the Eid festival. This is the country's second nationwide lockdown in over a year. Muhyiddin vowed that the government will bolster the healthcare system to ensure it doesn’t collapse and ramp up vaccinations. After that, the country will return to current controls, with all businesses allowed to operate but not social activities. If daily cases fall, some economic sectors will be allowed to reopen in the second phase, which is expected to last four weeks, he said. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said all inter-state and inter-district travel will be banned, along with social.
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Muhyiddin said in a statement that all business activities will be shut down June 1-14 in the first phase of the full lockdown, except for essential services. Malaysia's total cases and deaths have jumped nearly five-fold compared to all of last year. The health ministry also reported another 61 deaths Friday, pushing the tally to 2,552 - nearly 40% recorded this month alone.
This raised the country’s total cases to 549,514.
But new infections have climbed since the recent Muslim Eid festival, crossing 6,000 on May 19 for the first time and soaring to 8,290 on Friday. The government earlier this month imposed a partial lockdown until June 7, stopping short of shutting down businesses to prevent a possible economic catastrophe. Malaysia reported 8,290 new coronavirus cases on Friday, its fourth straight day of record infections and bringing the total number of cases to 549,514. Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the decision to implement the lockdown starting June 1 came after new infections breached 8,000 on Friday for the first time, sparking fears the disease could spiral out of control. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's prime minister announced on Friday a near-total coronavirus lockdown in the country, with social and economic activities to be halted for two weeks to contain a worsening outbreak.
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