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KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 — The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be imposed in Felda Jengka 1, 2, and 7 as well as Felda Ulu Jempol in Maran, Pahang starting tomorrow until March 15.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the move was to facilitate the Health Ministry (MOH) carry out early detection and isolation of Covid-19 cases to ensure residents with infection risks remained in the EMCO area.
“To date, 46 positive Covid-19 cases have been recorded involving a cluster in the locality,” he said in a statement on MCO development today.
Meanwhile, the government is also enforcing MCO in the district of Nabawan, Sabah from Wednesday until March 16 following a sharp rise of cases involving a cluster in the district which has high infectivity.
He said based on MOH Covid-19 situation report, there were 177 positive cases involving 15 villages in the district as at yesterday. — Bernama
