Medical experts offer their views on MCO extension


KUALA LUMPUR: The movement control order (MCO) should be extended to and beyond the Hari Raya season, says the Academy of Medicine of Malaysia.

Acknowledging that many Malaysians would want to travel and spend time with their loved ones during Ramadan and Hari Raya, it however reminded the people that “the risk of spreading the virus, particularly to the elderly, in the case of a balik kampung exodus, is very real”.

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