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Malaysia has started its first two-week full lockdown on June 1st .
According to THE STRAITS TIMES, the usually busy streets in and out of Kuala Lumpur were quiet, with malls and office buildings shuttered on June 1, on the first day of a two-week-long full lockdown in Malaysia.
The full movement control order (FMCO) was imposed to flatten the infection curve after record numbers of daily Covid-19 cases last week.
Only essential economic and service sectors listed by the National Security Council were still open, including wet markets and supermarkets, which are operating on shorter hours.
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With dine-in services prohibited, some have flocked to fast-food chains that offer drive-through services.
THE STRAITS TIMES mentions, this is the second time the country has gone into a nationwide lockdown. It is to stem a third wave of Covid-19 infections that saw 9,020 new cases last Saturday, the highest number of daily cases recorded.
Although supermarkets can remain open, with a cap on the number who can shop, checks by ST showed most were empty.
THE STRAITS TIMES says, the majority of people visiting the malls were food and grocery delivery riders.
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Although traffic in and out of the city was relatively light, several areas in Klang Valley experienced slow-moving traffic, the Kuala Lumpur City Hall's Integrated Transport Information System showed.
