Alor Setar to come under EMCO along with whole Kota Setar district
A total of 28 sub-districts in the Kota Setar district, Kedah, will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (MCO) from May 19 to June 1, due to the increase in Covid-19 cases.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that the Health Ministry confirmed that the Covid-19 infection had spread to the entire Kota Setar district in just eight days, from May 8 to yesterday, and a total of 799 positive cases had been detected.
He said that as at yesterday, a total of 975 active Covid-19 cases in the entire Kota Setar district, with six sub-districts were declared as red...
A total of 28 sub-districts in the Kota Setar district, Kedah, will be placed under the enhanced movement control order (MCO) from May 19 to June 1, due to the increase in Covid-19 cases.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that the Health Ministry confirmed that the Covid-19 infection had spread to the entire Kota Setar district in just eight days, from May 8 to yesterday, and a total of 799 positive cases had been detected.
He said that as at yesterday, a total of 975 active Covid-19 cases in the entire Kota Setar district, with six sub-districts were declared as red zones, namely, Kota Setar sub-district with 78 cases, Mergong sub-district (223), Pengkalan Kundor sub-district (143), Derga sub-district (138), Kangkong sub-district (55) and Anak Bukit sub-district (61).
“This makes almost 100 cases recorded daily in Kota Setar on average, which involves several existing clusters, including the latest cluster in the district, the Dah Putih Cluster.
“The implementation of enhanced MCO is to control the movement of residents in this district and to prevent the spread of Covid-19 cases from risk areas to other areas,” he said in a statement today.
He added that the enhanced MCO will also be imposed in Kelantan, namely, in Kampung Pauh Lima, Gunong sub-district near Bachok and Kampung Pauh Lima, Banggu sub-district in Kota Bharu, from May 19 to June 1.
Meanwhile, the enhanced MCO in Taman Tanah Putih Baru, Kuantan, Pahang will be extended for another seven days from May 19 to May 25 due to the influx of cases among the residents in the locality, and there are new cases and samples awaiting results.
Ismail also said that the enhanced MCO at Rumah Panjang Dinggai, Sungai Amut Atas near Pakan, Sarikei in Sarawak will also be extended from May 20 to May 26 following the transmission of cases among residents in the locality, apart from more test samples awaiting results.
Meanwhile, the enhanced MCO imposed in Kampung Meripoh and Kota Bahagia in Muadzam Shah, near Rompin, Pahang, were declared to have ended today (May 17), earlier than scheduled.
On the MCO standard operating procedure (SOP) compliance operations, a total of 569 individuals were detained for violating the MCO SOP yesterday, with 466 of them being compounded, while 103 others were remanded.
“Failure to record personal details before entering the premises is the most common offence recorded, involving 127 individuals, followed by not wearing a face mask (103), no physical distancing (65) and another 274 for other offences,” he said.
- Bernama
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