Malaysia eases COVID-19 restrictions for Chinese New Year reunion dinner, days after announcing new curbs
08 February, 2021
Malaysia on Sunday (Feb 7) eased COVID-19 restrictions for Chinese New Year reunion evening meal, just times after announcing the original curbs.
Up to 15 family from numerous households will today be permitted to dine together for his or her reunion meal, provided they live within 10km of each different, said the National Unity Ministry.
These members of the family are also not permitted to visit across state or district boundaries.
The ministry added that religious activities within houses of worship on Feb 11, Feb 12 and Feb 19 will now be permitted, subject to a 30-person limit. All individuals must also wear deal with masks and observe secure distancing.
Prayers should be kept to 30 minutes, followed by thirty minutes of cleaning and sanitation before the next prayer program is conducted.
The easing of the restrictions comes three days after Senior Minister for Reliability Ismail Sabri Yaakob said on Thursday that Chinese New Year celebrations would just be allowed among members of the family from the same household.
"Family reunion dinners are allowed at their residences only among members of the family from the same home," he explained at a press briefing.
Ismail Sabri also previously said that temple prayers would be limited to five members from the temple’s supervision committee.
With the exception of Sarawak, all states in Malaysia are under a activity control order (MCO) until Feb 18, as the united states continues to battle a surge in COVID-19 cases.
Malaysia reported 3,731 new COVID-19 conditions on Sunday, together with 15 deaths. Nowadays there are a complete of 51,241 effective or infectious instances in the country.
There are 292 patients in the intensive care unit, which 140 require respiratory aid.
The Klang Valley area, comprising Selangor and Kuala lumpur, accounted for about half of the new infections with 1,978 cases. Johor authorized 499 conditions while Sarawak reported 219.
Seven latest clusters were also identified, including one associated with a religious activity in Perak. Nowadays there are a complete of 441 dynamic clusters in Malaysia.
By Sunday, Malaysia has reported a total of 242,452 COVID-19 conditions and 872 fatalities. The united states has reported four-digit daily rises in COVID-19 situations since Dec 9.
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