EMCO in 5 localities in Sabah, 2 in Kedah
By Teh Athira Yusof - June 24, 2021 @ 8:24pm
KUALA LUMPUR: The government will enforce a two-week Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) on five localities in Sabah and two in Kedah from June 26 to July 9 to curb the spread of Covid-19 infections.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the affected areas in Sabah were Kampung Muhibbah, Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu; Tawau Prison and Taman Ehsan Prison quarters, Tawau; Kampung Kuala Merotai, Kalabakan; Kampung Tahak, Membakut, Beaufort; and Flat Indah Jaya, Sandakan.
He said the two localities in Kedah were Politeknik Sultanah Bahiyah, Kulim, and Bestgrade industrial area in Pokok Sena which reported 27 and 22 Covid-19 positive cases respectively.
"The decision to place the localities under EMCO was due to an exponential rise in cases in the areas coupled with a high infectivity rate," he said in a statement.
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Kampung Muhibbah in Menggatal, Ismail Sabri said had 12 positive cases following the screening of 18 residents while 252 screening tests were conducted at Flat Indah Jaya, Sandakan, and 11 tested positive.
"The Tawau Prison and Taman Ehsan Prison quarters in Tawau recorded 14 positive cases with a positive rate of 21.21 per cent from 66 screening test done on the residents.
"Kampung Kuala Merotai, Kalabakan, has a 50 per cent positive rate following 13 Covid-19 cases detected in the locality.
"The locality, Kampung Tahak, Membakut, Beaufort, recorded the lowest positive rate at 11.22 per cent which was placed under EMCO to prevent the spread of the virus to other communities, where 11 positive cases were detected from 98 people screened," he said.
Ismail Sabri also said the EMCO at Kampung Tajin, Kuala Berang, Terengganu; three residential areas in Temerloh namely Taman Temerloh Jaya, Taman Temerloh Jaya Indah and Taman Temerloh Makmur; Ladang Tereh Mill, Kluang in Johor and Kampung Kolong 2, Kuching, Sarawak, would end at 11.59pm on June 25, as scheduled.
The EMCO at Kampung Lakai, Jelebu, in Negri Sembilan, he said, would be lifted two days earlier than scheduled, at 11:59 pm on June 25.
He also said the EMCO at several localities including four longhouses in Batang Oya, Dalat, Mukah, Sarawak, would be lifted earlier than scheduled on June 25 instead of July 4.
The longhouses involved are Rumah Panjang Bala anak Umba; Rumah Panjang Tulu anak Sli; Rumah Panjang Duah anak Entingi; Rumah Panjang Balik anak Gema; and the two other localities are Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) St Luke; and Klinik Kesihatan Nanga Baoh.
"These localities reported 48 positive cases from 110 people who had been screened. The Health Ministry has recorded a downward trend declining trend and the technical committee has agreed to release these localities involved earlier than scheduled," he said.