Malaysia has extended their Movement Control Order 2.0 (MCO 2.0) until February 18, 2021.
The MCO extension applies to all states in Malaysia except Sarawak, who is placed under a conditional MCO.
Malaysian Senior Minister for Security, Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a press conference that all Malaysian states under MCO are showing a “trend of rising cases of Covid-19”.
He added:
The health ministry has confirmed that the number of daily cases in all these states is still increasing, with positivity rate in clusters at between 20 per cent and 40 per cent.
Besides that, the sporadic spread within the community is also high, involving citizens as well as non-citizens.
Malaysia reported 4,214 new cases on February 1, taking the country’s total infection tally to 219,173.