A surge in highly infectious variants of the coronavirus prompts a third nationwide lockdown in Malaysia.
Malaysia has imposed a third nationwide lockdown, as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases and highly infectious variants that the government said are testing its health system.Inter-state travel and social gatherings are prohibited and educational institutions are closedMalaysia recorded 3,807 new cases on Monday, bringing its total to 444,484 cases and 1,700 deaths
Educational institutions will be shut but economic sectors will be allowed to continue, Mr Muhyiddin said, without elaborating. The ban on inter-state travel has disrupted plans for many in the Muslim-majority country, where people traditionally travel back to their hometowns ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival."I work in the food industry, one moment it's open and another it's closed, my salary is okay for a while and later it's not okay. It's difficult to survive like this, plus everything is expensive now.
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