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Malaysia closes 122 schools in Sabah due to COVID-19

The Malaysian Ministry of Education decided that a total of 122 schools in the Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Putatan areas in Sabah are closed from October 6 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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KualaLumpur (VNA) - The Malaysian Ministryof Education decided that a total of 122 schools in the Kota Kinabalu,Penampang and Putatan areas in Sabah are closed from October 6 due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

As many as 86 primary schools, 25 secondary schools and 11 private schools areshut down a day earlier than the time for implementing the conditional movementcontrol order (CMCO) in the three areas effective from 0.00am on October 7.

The school closure and CMCO enforcement come after the number of COVID-19 casesin the three areas has skyrocketed since the beginning of October.

On October 5, Malaysia recorded 432 COVID-19 infections, the highest dailyfigure so far, with the first minister confirmed to contract the disease./.
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