Malaysia s Health Ministry yesterday reported that the total number of cases has risen to 155,095.
There were eight new deaths to bring the total number of fatalities to 594.
Malaysia reimposed its second Movement Control Order (MCO) for two weeks last Wednesday, owing to a steep rise in Covid-19 cases.
The two-week MCO 2.0 involves five states, such as Selangor and Johor, and the three federal territories, including Kuala Lumpur. The MCO has now been extended to Kelantan state.
The number of Covid-19 cases has stubbornly stayed above 2,000 a day for most of this month.
On March 18 last year when the first MCO was imposed, the daily coronavirus cases stood at 117.
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia reported a new record high of coronavirus cases on Saturday (Jan 16) with 4,029 daily infections, even as the public continued to debate the government s flip-flopping on what should be shut down during the movement curbs that were reimposed last Wednesday.
Malaysia s Health Ministry reported that the total number of cases has risen to 155,095.
There were eight new deaths to bring the total number of fatalities to 594.
The two-week MCO 2.0 involves five states, such as Selangor and Johor, and the three federal territories, including Kuala Lumpur. The MCO has now been extended to Kelantan state.
The number of Covid-19 cases has stubbornly stayed above 2,000 a day for most of this month.
Saturday, 16 Jan 2021 10:00 AM MYT
BY EMMANUEL SANTA MARIA CHIN AND ASHMAN ADAM
Barber shops were among one of the last sectors allowed to reopen during the first movement control order (MCO) last year. Picture by Choo Choy May
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― Barber shops and hair salons. They were among one of the last sectors allowed to reopen during the first movement control order (MCO) last year.
And it looks like that may be happening again.
MCO 2.0, as many are referring to this new lockdown, sees goldsmiths, jewellery shops and even shops selling beauty products allowed to operate.