[Pandemic] 4 [Deploying the military from Sunday]

Let’s stay calm and fight COVID-19 together. In response to the impact of the novel coronavirus, Malaysia announced a “Movement Control Order” (MCO) from March 18 to March 31, effective from 10:00 PM on March 16 (11:00 PM Japan time). In short, this means prohibiting foreigners from entering the country and restricting Malaysian citizens from leaving.

It seems there’s quite a bit of mixed information causing some confusion, but let’s stay calm and verify the credibility of the information as we move forward.

The following information is from March 20, 2020 (Friday) at 12:29 PM.

[Deploying the military starting Sunday]

The government deployed the military and began supporting the police to ensure people complied with the Movement Control Order starting on Sunday, March 22, 2020.

Continuing to update.

Reference: [Notice on the Malaysian Government’s Announcement of Movement Control Order] | Embassy of Japan in Malaysia