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Kota Kinabalu: Sulu in Western Mindanao entered a 14-day lockdown Monday (Jan. 4), barring people from neighbouring provinces of  Tawi-Tawi, Basilan, Zamboanga City as well as Sabah, Malaysia.

Likewise, its local populace are barred from  leaving the province until Jan. 17.

Sulu Governor Abdusakur Tan (pic) order the total isolation of the province following the discovery of Covid-19 strain in Lahad Datu,  in Sabah, last month.

“The lockdown is necessary to prevent  entry of possible carriers of the Covid-19 variant from Sabah,” Tan said.