Public all for ‘self-lockdown’ to lower infection rate


Better safe than sorry: Chua and Nurul Aisha are both wary of leaving their homes due to the risk of contracting Covid-19.

JOHOR BARU: The people are heeding the Health Ministry’s advice to impose a “self-lockdown” to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases.

This comes as the National Security Council said on Friday that it had decided to impose more restrictions on the economic and social sectors for the current movement control order.

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