18 March, 2020
On 16 March 2020, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, had announced (“Announcement”) the imposition of a 14-day movement control order from 18 March to 31 March 2020 (“Period”) nationwide to curb the spread of the COVID-19 infection in Malaysia. The Prime Minister stated that this is pursuant to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 and the Police Act 1987.
This is in response to a spike in new COVID-19 cases, bringing Malaysia’s total of confirmed cases to 553 as at 16 March 2020. The imposition of the order is to ultimately help isolate and identify carriers of COVID-19 and to minimise the spread of the disease.
Following the Announcement, the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Declaration of Infected Local Areas) Order 2020 (“Order”) was issued on 16 March 2020 pursuant to section 11 of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases 1988 [Act 342] (“Act”), where the Minister declared all States and Federal Territories in Malaysia to be infected areas.
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Tatt King Loo, Partner, Zaid Ibrahim & Co (a member of ZICO Law)
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