Move to curb spread of virus


Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah

PETALING JAYA: A nationwide state of emergency proclamation until Aug 1 was declared by the King to curb the Covid-19 pandemic that has reached alarming levels in the country.

In a statement from Istana Negara yesterday, Comptroller of the Royal Household Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said that Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al- Mustafa Billah Shah consented to a state of emergency being declared under Article 150 of the Federal Constitution after having consulted the Malay Rulers and top government officials.

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