GEORGE TOWN: It is the fourth day of the nationwide Movement Control Order (MCO) period, but crowds are still thronging the city’s Air Itam area in large numbers. The area was so packed with people, who spilled onto surrounding roads, that vehicular traffic moved at a slow pace. Nevertheless, fewer traders were seen selling their wares at roadside stalls compared to normal. Images of the crowded Air Itam area are making rounds on social media, and netizens are raising alarm bells over the public’s flouting of MCO guidelines. The 14-day MCO began on Wednesday and will last until March 31 nationwide to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: New Strait Times March 21, 2020 02:37 UTC