KUALA LUMPUR: Three villages in Terengganu and one in Sabah will come under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) from April 7 until 20 following an increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in the areas.<\/p>\n
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the three villages in Terengganu were Kampung Belaoh, Kampung PPRT Belaoh Baru and Kampung Keruak in Hulu Besut, while the one in Sabah was Kampung Murni C in\u00a0Nabawan.
\nHe said 58 screening tests were conducted in the three localities in Terengganu and of the total, six were tested positive for COVID-19, while in Sabah, 17\u00a0tests were conducted and six came back positive.
\nIsmail Sabri said the Ministry of Health (MOH) also confirmed that the infectivity rates\u00a0at all the localities were high.
\n\u201cThe implementation of the EMCO is to facilitate MOH\u2019s targetted screenings on the residents and control their movement and curb the transmission\u00a0of the coronavirus in the community,\u201d he said in a statement here today.
\nMeanwhile, Ismail Sabri said 95 people were arrested for violating the Movement Control Order (MCO) standard operating procedures (SOP) yesterday.
\nOf the total, 86 were compounded and nine, remanded.
\nInterstate or interdistrict travel without permission was the highest recorded offences involving 38 individuals, followed by failure to record details on the\u00a0MySejahtera app (31), entertainment centre activities (17), not wearing face masks (eight) and no physical distancing (one).
\nThrough Op Benteng yesterday, Ismail Sabri said three illegal immigrants were detained,\u00a014 were deported and thee land vehicles were seized.
\nOver the past 24 hours, he said 661 individuals arrived at the country\u2019s international entry points and have been sent to undergo quarantine at quarantine stations across the country.
\nCumulatively, he said 168,405 individuals have returned from abroad since July\u00a024, 2020.
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