In Malaysia, where the spread of the new coronavirus has not stopped, the government has announced that it will implement a so-called lockdown that severely restricts economic activities from the 1st of next month.
Since the middle of this month in Malaysia, the number of infected people per day has exceeded 6000 every day, and the infection is spreading rapidly, and it is thought that the infection of the mutant virus is also spreading.
Since the 12th of this month, the government has taken measures such as banning food and drink in stores such as cross-state movements and restaurants throughout the country, but the spread of the infection has not stopped.
Under these circumstances, the Prime Minister's Office of Malaysia issued a statement on the night of the 28th, stating that the so-called lockdown, which severely restricts the economic activities of companies, will be implemented for two weeks from the 1st of next month.
Since economic activities other than the minimum necessary industries for daily life will be restricted, we will announce specific industries in the future.
In addition, if the spread of infection can be suppressed to a certain extent by this measure, the policy is to gradually relax the restrictions.
According to an analysis by a group of researchers at Oxford University in the United Kingdom, the average number of new infections per million people in Malaysia for seven days up to the 26th is 211, which is a serious infection situation. It exceeds 165 people in India, which is followed by.