A new coronavirus cluster in Kuala Lumpur has been discovered, where some 16,000 residents of Pusat Bandar Utara around Selayang wholesale market are now placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order.
There residents will go through Covid 19 screening on a daily basis to identify positive cases and will be isolated once detected. Federal Territories Minister, Tan Sri Annuar Musa said six COVID-19 screening tents with 500 health workers are already stationed at six areas covering eight parcels under ECMO.
“Since it involves a high number of residents, 90 percent of whom are foreigners, each day we mobilise between 1,500 to 2,000 residents to undergo the screening with 200 per tent.
The volume is three times higher than Selangor and Malayan Mansion which involved 5000 residents. An operations room would also be set up near the Kuala Lumpur Wholesale Market to monitor the movement of people and manage food supplies throughout the period. Selayang Wholesale Market is the main area for fresh food supply to Kuala Lumpur and tight control over movements of trucks inbound-outbound activities.
The government has decided to put the Pusat Bandar Utara and the surrounding areas at the Selayang Wholesale Market, in Kuala Lumpur, under the EMCO from today until May 3,however the market will be excluded from the strict control.
