EMCO for Amber Court and Ria apartments extended to Jan 6
The enhanced movement control order (MCO) for the Amber Court apartment and Ria apartment in the Bentong district in Pahang has been extended from Dec 24 to Jan 6, 2021, said Senior Minister (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
However, the enhanced MCO for the Kampung Semaut kongsi house in the same district will end tomorrow, he said.
“For Amber Court apartment, the Health Ministry (MOH) has conducted 1,183 tests, with...
The enhanced movement control order (MCO) for the Amber Court apartment and Ria apartment in the Bentong district in Pahang has been extended from Dec 24 to Jan 6, 2021, said Senior Minister (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
However, the enhanced MCO for the Kampung Semaut kongsi house in the same district will end tomorrow, he said.
“For Amber Court apartment, the Health Ministry (MOH) has conducted 1,183 tests, with 381 found to be Covid-19 positive while 85 are still awaiting their results.
“MOH has also conducted 1,041 tests at Ria apartment and confirmed there are risks of new infections being detected while there are close contacts of positive cases who need to be tested,” he told a press conference on the recovery MCO in Kuala Lumpur today.
He said the screenings conducted on the Kampung Semaut kongsi house residents found only three who were symptomatic. RTK antigen tests done on them turned out negative.
On Dec 9, Ismail Sabri announced that the three localities would be placed under the enhanced MCO from Dec 10 to 23 after 55 positive Covid-19 cases were detected there, the majority involving migrant workers.
Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said 274 investigation papers had been opened by the police and the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in connection with fake news on Covid-19 so far.
137 cases still under investigation, 35 were charged in court, 12 were given warning notices, and 90 were classified as no further action.
On enforcement of the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP), he said 122 individuals were arrested and issued with fines yesterday.
The offences included not wearing face masks (52), not providing equipment for recording personal particulars (39), failing to practice physical distancing (29), and others (two).
He said apart from this, 63 illegal immigrants were arrested and four land vehicles seized under Op Benteng yesterday.
On compulsory quarantine, 89,984 individuals who returned to the country between July 24 and yesterday had been placed at 77 hotels and 16 other premises, including public training institutes, throughout the country.
“Of this number, 7,537 individuals are still undergoing compulsory quarantine, 535 have been sent to the hospital for treatment and 81,912 have been allowed to return home,” he said.
- Bernama
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