KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 27 -- The National Security Council has declared that the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be implemented in two detention facilities in Terengganu, following a rise in Covid-19 infections there.

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said 1,262 screening tests were conducted at the Marang prison, as of yesterday.

"The Health Ministry recorded 98 positive cases, all of which involve detainees at the prison's detainee transit centre (PTP)" he said in a statement.

Due to this, the EMCO will cover the PTP, including its prison officers' training centre, as well as Zones 2 and 3 of the prison, beginning tomorrow until February 10. During this time, entry and exit from the locality and visits from famil...