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Health DG: MCO 3.0 needed due to current Covid-19 situation

May 12, 2021

It is necessary to enforce MCO 3.0 due to the country’s current Covid-19 situation.

Health Director General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says 80% of infections now are from the community and not from clusters.

Dr Hisham says the MCO is also to ensure hospitals and ICUs do not become more overwhelmed with Covid-19 patients.

The 3-week nationwide MCO comes into effect today until June 7th

Meanwhile, Sarawak will stick with its existing Covid-19 control measures until May 17, which is the conditional MCO, similar to the decision made by the Sabah government.

Over 1.8 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered under the National Immunisation Programme.

The number of vaccine registrations has reached over 10 million.

Most of them are in Selangor, Johor and Sarawak.

Malaysia reported 3,973 Covid-19 cases yesterday, along with 22 fatalities.

Selangor had the most cases with over 1,000 infections, followed by Sarawak and KL.