Coronavirus: Malaysia to tighten health protocols as new cases rise again

KUALA LUMPUR - The Malaysian government will tighten its health protocols again following the resurgence of new coronavirus cases in the past week after lockdown procedures were relaxed, said Senior Minister Ismail Sabri Yaacob on Saturday .

A decision will be made on Sunday over what measures would be adopted by the government as standard operating procedures, Datuk Seri Ismail told a media briefing, as quoted by Bernama news agency. Malaysia implemented the Movement Control Order on March 18, locking down much of the country for more than three months as it tries to reduce the number of new daily cases, especially after a super-spreader event involving a mass gathering by the Tabligh missionary group at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur.

Some businesses were allowed to reopen from May 4 under what it called Conditional MCO, as new cases began to taper down.

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