Senior minister for security Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the EMCO in the area, which was originally scheduled to end on Monday, will be lifted ahead of schedule after the health ministry confirmed it has controlled the spread of Covid-19 in the area.

The health ministry has conducted 886 Covid-19 tests in the area, with 36 returning positive. The last positive case was detected on Feb 4, and there are no samples awaiting results.

Meanwhile, Ismail said 443 people were arrested by the police yesterday over MCO-related offences, with 404 issued compounds and 39 remanded.

Most of the offences, he said, were for taking part in activities which made physical distancing difficult (136).

Other offences include failing to provide materials for contact tracing registration (84), crossing districts or states without permission (68) and failing to wear a face mask (64).

Meanwhile, a total of 3,603 compliance task force teams were deployed to conduct checks on 22,456 supermarkets, restaurants, hawker stalls, factories, banks, government offices, as well as land, water and air transport terminals.

The authorities also detained 39 undocumented migrants and confiscated one vehicle and two boats as part of the ongoing Op Benteng campaign.

On mandatory home quarantine, Ismail said 125,839 people who arrived through KLIA were screened for Covid-19 from July 24 to Feb 18 and were placed under quarantine.

Some 635 tested positive and were sent to hospitals for treatment, while 118,993 have been allowed to return home.

Another 6,211 people are undergoing mandatory quarantine.

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