KOTA KINABALU: Eight localities in Tawau, Sabah will come under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) starting tomorrow until April 25 following the spread of COVID-19 with high infectivity rates.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the localities involved were Taman Sri Bukit Tawau, Taman Cahaya, Jalan Tengku Osman, Tawau Fire and Rescue Department staff quarters, Bandar Sri Indah, Jalan Mesra, Kampung Titingan and Taman Golden Hill.
He said cumulatively, 76 COVID-19 cases and 220 close contacts have been traced in the localities to date.
“The implementation of the EMCO is to control residents’ movement so as to curb the coronavirus transmission to outside communities,” he said in a statement on the development of Conditional MCO and Recovery MCO today.
Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said a total of 208 individuals were arrested for outing the standard operating procedures yesterday, of which 199 individuals were compounded while nine others remanded.
Through Op Benteng yesterday, Ismail Sabri said nine illegal immigrants were detained, seven were deported and three land vehicles were seized.
SABAH TODAY 
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