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Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia work to combat COVID-19

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on April 10 decided to extend the Movement Control Order by more two weeks till April 28, several days before the Ramadan festival of Muslims.
Malaysia, Cambodia, Indonesia work to combat COVID-19 ảnh 1In Jakarta, Indonesia (Photo: Xinhua) 

Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysian Prime Minister MuhyiddinYassin on April 10 decided to extend the Movement Control Order by more twoweeks till April 28, several days before the Ramadan festival of Muslims.

In aspeech telecast live on national television, the PM said the decision isbased on feedback from the Health Ministry and medical experts in order to copewith COVID-19 and prevent the risk of its re-emergence.

Malaysia has so far recorded a total of 4,346 infection cases, 1,828 of them haverecovered and 68 deaths.

Also on April 10, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo HunSen announced several changes to travel limit order, which was issued a dayearlier, in order to prevent the epidemic spread.

Accordingly,travel ban between the capital Phnom Penh and its southern Kandal province was lifted.

TheSoutheast Asian nation has so far posted 119 infection cases, 72 of them haverecovered.

Meanwhile, Indonesia's police, soldiers and public order officers took the streets of Jakarta on April9 midnight to enforce the capital city’s tough social distancing measures for anestimated two weeks.

Violatorscould face hefty fines or one-year jail term.

According to the Indonesian Health Ministry, Indonesiarecorded 3,512 infection cases and 306 deaths as of April 10./.

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