Malaysia closes 122 schools in Sabah due to COVID-19 hinh anh 1Illustrative image (Photo: freemalaysiatoday)
 
Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - 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.

As many as 86 primary schools, 25 secondary schools and 11 private schools are shut down a day earlier than the time for implementing the conditional movement control 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 cases in the three areas has skyrocketed since the beginning of October.

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