{"id":4806,"date":"2020-07-01T13:41:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-01T05:41:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4806"},"modified":"2020-07-01T13:41:48","modified_gmt":"2020-07-01T05:41:48","slug":"king-urges-malaysians-to-comply-with-covid-19-guidelines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=4806","title":{"rendered":"King urges Malaysians to comply with COVID-19 guidelines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KUALA LUMPUR, July 1\u00a0&#8212; Malaysia&#8217;s King, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri&#8217;ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah wants the<em>\u00a0rakyat<\/em>\u00a0(people) to comply with the guidelines set by the National Security Council (MKN) and the Health Ministry to curb the spread of COVID-19 following more sectors being allowed to reopen today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an entry on the Istana Negara Facebook account, the King also urged the people to be disciplined in practicing the\u00a0<em>new normal<\/em>\u00a0and self-regulation to stop the spread of the novel coronavirus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ae0f748a83a2a345b2327b883c6017685eafe3012e6ee.jpg\" alt=\"king\" class=\"wp-image-4807\" width=\"508\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ae0f748a83a2a345b2327b883c6017685eafe3012e6ee.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ae0f748a83a2a345b2327b883c6017685eafe3012e6ee-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ae0f748a83a2a345b2327b883c6017685eafe3012e6ee-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ae0f748a83a2a345b2327b883c6017685eafe3012e6ee-160x100.jpg 160w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ae0f748a83a2a345b2327b883c6017685eafe3012e6ee-350x218.jpg 350w, https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/ae0f748a83a2a345b2327b883c6017685eafe3012e6ee-800x499.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis call follows the reopening of many more social sectors and preschools, nurseries and government and private kindergartens from today,\u201d said the King in his message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed to contain COVID-19 in the country entered its 106th&nbsp;day today while the relaxed version of the MCO, the Recovery MCO (RMCO), is in its 22nd&nbsp;day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The RMCO has allowed many economic sectors including tourism sub-sectors to reopen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Malaysia has successfully contained COVID-19 with just two new cases reported yesterday, bringing cumulative confirmed cases to&nbsp;8,639 while the total recovered\/discharged was 8,354 (96.7%). 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