In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Photo: AFP) Kuala Lumpur (VNA) – The Malaysian HealthMinistry confirmed additional 9,020 COVID-19 cases on May 29, a record sincethe pandemic broke out in the country.
To counter the virus spread,the Malaysian Government decided to impose nationwide lockdown in the firststage from June 1-14, during which several key economic and service sectorswill be allowed to continue working.
If successful, thesecond-stage lockdown will last four weeks, with economic sectors that do not require mass gatherings to be allowed to operate.
Meanwhile in Cambodia,vaccination is being accelerated with at least 2.4 million people getting the firstshots. Next month, the country will receive some 4.5 million vaccine doses.
Prime Minister Hun Sen saidover 1 million people in Phnom Penh, or 60 percent of the population in the capitalcity, have been inoculated.
The Cambodian HealthMinistry reported 588 infection cases and seven deaths the same day. So far,Cambodia has logged 28,825 cases, 7,300 of them recovered and 203 died.
Meanwhile, Laos recorded only threemore cases in the past 24 hours, including one local transmission and twoimported ones, the lowest since the second wave of the pandemic in late April.
The country has to date confirmed 1,908infections, with 1,402 recoveries and three deaths./.
