Covid-19: Malaysia to undergo CMCO/RMCO; One District Remains under MCO
22 March 2021
- the State of Johore;
- the State of Kelantan;
- the State of Penang;
- the State of Sarawak;
- the State of Selangor;
- the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur;
- the districts of Kuala Muda and Kulim, Kedah; and
- the district of Seremban, Negeri Sembilan,
from 19 March 2021 to 31 March 2021 except for the State of Sarawak where the effective period is from 16 March 2021 to 29 March 2021.
The States of Kedah, Negeri Sembilan and Perak which were previously subjected to a conditional movement control order are now subjected to a recovery movement control order except for the districts of Kuala Muda and Kulim, Kedah and Seremban, Negeri Sembilan which remain under a conditional movement control order.
RMCO No. 3 Amendment No. 3 Regulations
The RMCO No. 3 Amendment Regulations replace the First Schedule of the
Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within Infected Local Areas) (Recovery Movement Control) (No. 3) Regulations 2021 (“
RMCO No. 3 Regulations”) The substituting First Schedule provides that the following infected local areas are subjected to a recovery movement control order -
- the State of Malacca;
- the State of Pahang;
- the State of Perak;
- the State of Perlis;
- the State of Terengganu;
- the State of Kedah except for the districts of Kuala Muda and Kulim;
- the State of Negeri Sembilan except for the district of Seremban;
- the State of Sabah except for the district of Nabawan;
- the Federal Territory of Putrajaya; and
- the Federal Territory of Labuan,
from 19 March 2021 to 31 March 2021.
None of the States and Federal Territories in the list of infected local areas subjected to a recovery movement control order have been removed from the said list since the RMCO No. 3 Regulations came into force. In addition, the States of Kedah (except for the districts of Kuala Muda and Kulim), Negeri Sembilan (except for the district of Seremban) and Perak, which were previously subjected to a conditional movement control order, have been added to the said list.
Comments
The movement control measures implemented by the Malaysian Government appear to have been effective in containing the spread of Covid-19 in the country as the number of active Covid-19 cases has gradually decreased in the recent weeks. We remain hopeful that the movement control measures currently in place and the rollout of the Covid-19 vaccination programme would successfully reduce the R0 (R-naught) of Covid-19 and break the chain of infection in the country.
Notes
Our earlier Alerts on the movement control measures in Malaysia are available
here and
here.
Alert prepared by Tan Wei Liang (Associate) and Tai Kean Lynn (Associate) of Skrine.