Malaysia’s government on December 16 declared a state of emergency to stop by-elections in two constituencies scheduled for next month, as the country recorded a spike in coronavirus cases over the past few months.
Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 26, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Malaysia Information Department/Zarith Zulkifli)
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Malaysia’s government on December16 declared a state of emergency to stop by-elections in two constituenciesscheduled for next month, as the country recorded a spike in coronavirus casesover the past few months.
The nation has seen a leap in cases since September, withthe total number of infections exceeding 86,000, including 422 deaths as of December15.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a statement the kinghad assented to the request to impose an emergency in the Bugaya constituencyin Sabah on Borneo, the state that health authorities believe was the epicentreof the country’s third wave of infections, and the Gerik constituency in Perakstate.
The government had declared a state of emergency in anotherconstituency in Sabah last month, also to stop a scheduled by-election.
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Malaysia's Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin in Kuala Lumpur on Nov 26, 2020. (Photo: Reuters/Malaysia Information Department/Zarith Zulkifli) 
