Five Sabah areas under EMCO

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KOTA KINABALU: Five localities in Sabah will be placed under Enhanced Movement Control Order from Tuesday (June 15).

They are Batu 3.5 Jalan Apas (Kiri), Tawau, Taman Puri Warisan, Kota Kinabalu, Taman Telipok Jaya and Kampung Penimbawan in Tuaran, as well as Kampung Lebak Moyoh, Kota Belud.

Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 10 positive cases were each recorded at Batu 3.5, Jalan Apas (Kiri) and Taman Puri Warisan.

“At Taman Telipok Jaya and Kampung Penimbawan, 23 positive cases were recorded while in Kampung Lebak Moyoh, eight cases were recorded,” he disclosed on Sunday.

Ismail Sabri also said the EMCO at Taman Pelangi, Semporna and Kampung Tanjung Kapor, Kudat, Sabah, which was scheduled to end on Monday (June 14), would be extended to June 28.

“At Taman Pelangi, 86 positive cases were detected from 832 screenings, while at Kampung Tanjung Kapor, 30 cases were detected from 492 screenings.

“The Health Ministry confirmed that the virus was still being spread among the communities there,” he added.