Malaysia's response to Covid-19 ranked fourth strictest in SEA


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 12 Apr 2020

Stricter restriction: Police and army personnel checking a car at a roadblock on the Federal Highway.

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's Covid-19 response which includes the movement control order (MCO) is the fourth strictest among South-East Asian countries as of Friday, according to the University of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government.

According to the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker, Malaysia is ranked fourth in Asean after Laos, Vietnam and the Philippines.

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