Meanwhile, he said the ministry has planned and is prepared to address the emergence of new variants of Covid-19 which includes the control of international entrance to prevent the entry of new variants into Malaysia from abroad by doing a risk assessment of travellers from countries at risk.

“I just want to explain why the 80 per cent suddenly became 90 per cent. It is because there were still states where the percentage was lower when others had reached 80 per cent.

KPM berkata, merujuk pengumuman Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan (PKPD) oleh Majlis Keselamatan Negara di beberapa kawasan, semua institusi pendidikan bawah KPM yang berada dalam kawasan PKPD adalah ditutup sepanjang ia berkuat kuasa.

Amirudin said to some extent, the situation has affected the learning environment of students and the current pandemic also showed that it was important to provide good ventilation in classrooms.

Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob yang juga pengerusi jawatankuasa khas berkenaan, berkata Lembah Klang yang meliputi Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya dan Selangor serta Melaka beralih daripada Fasa 2 kepada Fasa 3, manakala Kedah daripada Fasa 1 kepada Fasa 2.

"Contohnya di Elmina, ada lima tapak tapi belum ada satu sekolah dibina dan pelajar terpaksa bersekolah di Subang Bestari yang sedikit sebanyak menyebabkan kesesakan dalam kelas."

On interstate travel, Ismail Sabri said the government would allow it when the rate of full vaccination of the adult population reaches 90 per cent as announced by him on Sept 22.