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Malaysia to go under lockdown after the number of cases crossed 550

Malaysia is banning all visitors and residents from traveling as the country prepares to go under lockdown from March 18 to March 31. Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said in a televised address on Monday that all the Malaysian returning from overseas must go under a 14-day self-quarantine. Malaysia has the highest number of confirmed COVID19 cases in Southeast Asia, a total of 553 as of Monday.

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