Malaysia’s health ministry has proposed retaining a ban on interstate travel throughout Eid, state news agency Bernama reported, as the number of Covid-19 infections in the country jumped to a five-week high.
“As daily cases are still rising and not yet stable, this interstate travel needs to be postponed,” Health Minister Adham Baba was quoted as saying by Bernama.
Separately, Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement authorities had identified two more cases of a highly contagious Covid-19 variant first discovered in Britain.
Malaysia has reported a total of 367,977 coronavirus cases, including 1,363 deaths.
