Kuala Lampur, May 5 -- The defense minister told his daily Covid-19 press conference that no area can be placed under the EMCO unless he himself has made the official announcement.

"Not yet, as long as I have not made the announcement, there is no EMCO. However, there is an administrative restriction there. Maybe we control it with barbed wires and such but we have not declared those areas as EMCO.

"But there is tighter control to going in and out of those areas. And we are also conducting swab tests for every resident in that area even though it is still under administrative control," said Ismail Sabri.

It was earlier reported by the media that the Health Ministry announced via Facebook two new areas in Selayang and Jalan Raja Bot as ...