A police officer manning a roadblock speaks to a driver intending to enter a village. – File photo
KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today said that the enforcement of a blanket Movement Control Order (MCO) may not be needed in the future, thanks to the implementation of the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme.
The Prime Minister said that the government’s strategy to curb the spread of Covid-19 will involve a more targetted approach based on science and data to reduce the negative impact on the country’s economic activities.
“Movement control will only be enforced according to locality and focused only on clusters involved,” he said in his special announcement on the Strategic Programme to Empower People and the Economy (Pemerkasa) worth RM20 billion broadcast on television today.
The targetted approach is among 20 strategic initiatives under Pemerkasa and is grouped under the programme’s first focus, to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Muhyiddin also touched on the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme that officially began on Feb 24, aimed to provide free immunisation to around 80 per cent of residents in Malaysia, both locals and foreigners. – Bernama
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