State local government and housing minister Masidi Manjun said Sabah recorded three-digit infections with 160 cases on May 19, 245 cases yesterday and 144 cases in the past 24 hours.

“Due to this development, the state government will implement the inter-district travel ban from May 24 to June 7,” he said in his daily Covid-19 statement.

This restriction, which was supposed to take effect initially from May 27 to June 3, is however, subject to review, he added.

“This inter-district travel ban is intended to control movements and the spread of infections between the districts categorised as red and orange zones to other districts that are either green or yellow zones,” he said.

People in Kota Kinabalu, Putatan and Penampang are, however, allowed to travel between these districts during the inter-district travel restriction as all three are considered one zone.

The Sabah government has a zonal system whereby people can only travel between districts within the same zones.

The state government reimposed the total inter-district travel ban from May 10 to 16 to curb the spread of the virus during the Hari Raya season.

It went back to the zonal system on May 17 and people were allowed to travel within their zones up until this new ruling.

The zones for inter-district travel are: Zone 1 – Kota Kinabalu, Kota Belud, Ranau, Tuaran, Penampang, Putatan and Papar; Zone 2 – Beaufort, Kuala Penyu and Sipitang; Zone 3 – Kudat, Kota Marudu and Pitas; Zone 4 – Sandakan, Beluran, Kinabatangan and Tongod; Zone 5 – Tawau, Semporna, Lahad Datu, Kunak and Kalabakan; Zone 6 – Keningau, Tambunan and Tenom.

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