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KUALA LUMPUR: The government has decided to implement the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) in two villages in Sarawak, namely Kampung Binyu Baru, Samarahan and Kampung Binyu Lama, Kuching, from tomorrow until April 17.
Chief Minister (Security Group) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pix) said the decision was made after a risk assessment with various agencies in the Technical Committee of the Movement Control Order (MCO) and based on the advice of the Ministry of Health (MINSA).
He said that as of today (April 3), 11 people from Kampung Binyu Baru have been tested and four of them tested positive for Covid-19.
Ismail Sabri said that the Health Ministry also detected a sharp increase in cases with high infectivity rates in the Kampung Binyu Lama community after 57 positive cases were recorded in the town, as of April 1.
“The implementation of EMCO will facilitate the Ministry of Health to carry out the early detection of suspected cases of Covid-19 so that they can be isolated as soon as possible and contain the infection in the community,” he said in a statement about the implementation of the MCO. Conditional. (CMCO) and Recovery MCO (RMCO), today.
Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said that six people were arrested yesterday for violating standard operating procedures (SOPs), of which five were aggravated and one in pretrial detention.
The offenses included failing to enter the facility using the MySejahtera app or manually (three), interdistrict and interstate travel without permission (two), and not wearing a face mask (1).
In Op Benteng, Ismail Sabri said that an illegal immigrant and five smugglers were arrested while three land vehicles were seized.
He also said that 1,260 foreign workers were tested for Covid-19 yesterday and six tested positive.
In total, 671,148 foreign workers involving 34,801 employers have been evaluated, he added. – Named
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