KUALA LUMPUR: Nine localities in Perak, Pahang, Kedah, and Sabah, will be placed under a two-week Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) from July 26 to Aug 8 to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today said the affected areas are:
Perak: Medan Klebang Restu and Bandar Pulai Jaya in the Kinta District
Pahang: Block 5 Felda Keratong 7, Muadzam Shah
Kedah: Pendang Hospital construction site and its worker's quarters
Sabah: Kampung Lajau and Kampung Kota Klias in Beaufort, Ladang Kim Loong quarters in Beluran, Kampung Tungkang in Kudat and Kampung Telisai in Tungku, Lahad Datu
The decision was made after the National Security Council (NSC) reviewed the proposal by the Health Minister and after taking into account the risk assessment and Covid-19 infection trend in these areas.
"Same set of existing EMCO standard operating procedures (SOP) will be implemented. Details can be found on the NSC website at www.mkn.gov.my," he said in a statement today.
He said the government had also agreed to lift the EMCO at seven localities in Sabah as scheduled on July 25.
The areas are QI Farm Membalua, Tawau; Kampung Pikat, Bongawan, Papar; Kepayan Prison, Kota Kinabalu; Kampung Jawi-Jawi, Kota Belud; and Kampung Suang Parai, Taman Kingfisher Sulaman and Bandaran Berjaya in Kota Kinabalu.
On compliance operation, he said the Task Force involving 19,168 personnel, had conducted 80,868 inspections and snap checks nationwide yesterday.
"This included checks at 1,905 factories, 14,249 business premises, 742 construction sites, and 270 workers' living quarters.
"As a result, a total of 49 premises involving factories, business premises and construction sites were ordered to shut down after they were found not complying with the SOP," he said.
Ismail Sabri who is the Defence Minister also said 337 individuals were detained for SOP violations.
Of the total, he said, 332 were issued compounds and another five were remanded.
He said five undocumented migrants were rounded up and seven land vehicles were seized under Ops Benteng.
The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry had also conducted 2,180 inspections to check on the compliance level among businesses. Of the total, nine were slapped with compounds.
A total of 735 people who entered Malaysia yesterday via the nation's international entry points were put under mandatory quarantine at designated centres.
Since July 24, 253,037 individuals returned to Malaysia where 9,189 of them are still under quarantine.
The Fire and Rescue Department and local councils carried out 182 disinfection operations yesterday covering 76 red zones, two orange zones and one yellow zone.