SDMC: MCO in Sarawak extended from June 15-28 - The Borneo Post
File photo showing a policeman and a soldier manning a roadblock near the Old Courthouse. — Photo by Muhammad Rais Sanusi
KUCHING (June 11): Sarawak will follow suit with the extension of the nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) from June 15 to June 28, confirmed State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
“It’s a nationwide thing… Yes, we are following,” said Uggah when prompted for confirmation tonight.
The MCO was initially slated to end on June 14.
Earlier today, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced that the MCO 3.0 would be extended from June 15 to June 28.
Ismail Sabri said that the decision was made during a National Security Council special meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and based on a suggestion from the Ministry of Health (MoH).
“This decision was made after taking into account the total daily new cases are still high above 5,000 a day with the average of new cases up to yesterday being 6,871,” he said in a statement, regarding Covid-19 cases.
Ismail added that the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and list of allowed activities for factories, businesses and industries are the same as announced “previously”, and as can be found on the NSC website.
This latest MCO, or “full lockdown”, was implemented on June 1, after daily new Covid-19 cases soared past the 7,000 cases mark in late May.