'If we don't listen or follow the rules, this is the result. No travelling should mean no travelling,' he said. The public themselves must be disciplined. There is only so much we can expect from the government. 'The public must understand that they have a role to play. Harun Naquiddin, who manages an educational institute for disabled students, said the latest restrictions were a reminder for the public to comply with standard operating procedures (SOP) and other anti-COVID-19 guidelines. I hope that this will be the last time we have to face a lockdown,' he told Xinhua. 'I doubt anyone is happy but we all are alarmed by the huge number of new cases. The country's hospitals have seen some 80,000 active cases being treated and ever rising numbers of patients requiring intensive care and assisted breathing.įor members of the public like Adi Salleh, who runs a printing company which is not allowed to operate during the lockdown, said the measures are seen as a necessary evil, with life taking priority over the need to do business, which has already been slow since the outbreak last year. The government has said non-compliance of some people with the movement restrictions has contributed to the wave of infections.įears that an uncontrollable number of infections would lead to the collapse of the healthcare system also weighed on the decision to impose a lockdown. The health authorities have also expressed concern on the spread of more infectious variants, with Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah warning that the variants first identified in South Africa and Britain, respectively, have been found transmitting locally while the variant first found in India was also detected in Malaysia. The Malaysian government announced the lockdown as the country saw an exponential rise of COVID-19 cases in recent months, culminating to daily record high of 9,020 new cases and 98 deaths reported on Saturday.

The government has mobilized some 70,000 members of the police force and the agencies under the Home Ministry to ensure compliance and has planned to set up some 800 roadblocks nationwide to enforce a ban on inter-state and inter-district travel. KUALA LUMPUR, June 1 (Xinhua) - Malaysia started a two-week total lockdown on Tuesday, with only essential services and some sectors allowed to operate on a limited basis as the country struggles against a surge in COVID-19 infections.

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