Enhanced movement control orders (MCO) will be enforced in Kampung Pulau Tukang Dollah in Kota Bharu, Kelantan and two localities in Sabah - Kampung Tambulion Ulu in Kota Belud and Kampung Kukut in Beaufort - from Friday (June 25) until July 8.

Senior Minister (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the Health Ministry detected a rapid increase of Covid-19 cases with high infectivity at these areas.

The enhanced MCOs are to restrict movements and prevent infections in high-risk areas from spreading beyond these localities, which recorded high numbers of Covid-19 cases from screenings conducted, he said in a statement today.

Ismail said the enhanced MCO in Kampung Likas in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, which was scheduled to end today, has been extended by two weeks until July 7 for Zone 1 only, as it has continued to record new cases including transmission within the community.

The enhanced MCOs in five sub-zones in Labuan, which was scheduled to end tomorrow, have been extended to June 28.

Meanwhile, the enhanced MCOs in Felda Jengka 7 in Maran, Pahang; Kampung Kutan Tengah and Kampung Ketil in Kelantan; Felda Inas (Johor), Kampung Sinar Budi Baru (Sarawak) and Perumahan Kilang, Ladang Ong Yah Ho (Sabah) will end tomorrow as scheduled.

He said for Sabah, the enhanced MCO in Kampung Batu Layar and Taman Wawasan would end today as scheduled while that for Lorong Pasir Putih, Taman Pasir Putih Fasa 1 would end on Friday.

He also said 754 individuals were arrested for violating the standard operating procedure (SOP) yesterday, with 701 compounded and 53 remanded.

The offences included failing to register before entering premises, making interstate or inter-district travel without permission, failing to wear face masks, not practising physical distancing, and carrying more than the permitted number of passengers.

Ismail also said 44 undocumented immigrants were arrested and nine land vehicles and two boats or ships seized during Op Benteng yesterday.

- Bernama

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