Fewer cars on Selangor roads as compliance with MCO picks up


PETALING JAYA: Police have noticed a gradual drop in the number of vehicles on the road four days into the movement control order (MCO), signifying that more and more people now understand the need for social distancing to curb the spread of Covid-19.

Selangor deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed said in the four days since the order was implemented on March 18, about 15,000 cars passed through police roadblocks in the state aimed at advising motorists on the MCO.

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