JERANTUT: The Government is not planning to implement nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) so far. However, it will proceed with targeted movement restrictions, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(pic).Ismail Sabri said the targeted MCO could also be enforced following the Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (Hide) system that would indicate specific areas with large cases of Covid-19 outbreak (hotspots).
“If there is a hotspot area, we will enforce an MCO according to the village, sub-district, or district that has a large number of outbreak cases with the smallest scale (of the MCO) that will be implemented is the Enhanced Movement Control Order (Emco), but it will still be done in a targeted manner.
“However, various possibilities can occur because according to data from the Ministry of Health (MOH), if there is no intervention from the Government, cases can reach up to more than 5,000 after the (Aidilfitri) celebration and can rise to 10,000 cases in July and August,” he said.
Ismail Sabri said this at a media conference after opening a Bailey Compact 100 bridge at Kampung Sungai Putat, here, Saturday.
Also present were Army Chief General Tan Sri Zamrose Mohd Zain and Army Western Field Commander Lieutenant General Datuk Muhammad Hafizuddeain Jantan.
He was asked to comment on the enforcement of the nationwide MCO following the recent surge in the number of new cases where 4,498 was logged on Friday, apart from the concern of the people that a nationwide MCO would be imposed at the last minute before the Aidilfitri celebration.
Ismail Sabri said a meeting held by the Technical Committee of the National Security Council (MKN) Saturday morning had also discussed the possibility of an MCO during Aidilfitri celebration, adding that the decision on the matter would be announced Saturday evening or latest by today (Sunday) to allow the people to make ample preparations.
