KL, Putrajaya to enter Phase 2 from Friday

KL, Putrajaya to enter Phase 2 from Friday

Minister also says Labuan will be opened up under a green bubble programme.

The announcement of Kuala Lumpur’s transition comes less than a week after the new minister had highlighted the declining cases and high vaccination rates in the federal territory.
PETALING JAYA:
Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya will move into Phase 2 of the national recovery plan on Friday, federal territories minister Shahidan Kassim said.

Additionally, he said the federal territory of Labuan will soon be opened up through a green bubble programme similar to the one in force in Langkawi.

News portal Wilayahku reported that during a press conference today, Shahidan also reminded the community to continue abiding by the government’s SOPs.

His announcement comes less than a week after he expressed hope that Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya would be able to move into Phase 2 in light of high vaccination rates and declining cases.

Shahidan Kassim.

“However, the decision is up to MKN (National Security Council),” he had told reporters then, after chairing a federal territories Covid-19 coordination and management centre (CCMC) meeting.

At the time, he said the CCMC would recommend further SOP relaxations to MKN to prepare for an eventual transition and help ailing businesses.

According to the latest statistics from the Covid-19 vaccine supply access guarantee special committee, 97.8% of the adult population in the Klang Valley have been fully vaccinated.

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