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Senior Minister (Security Cluster), Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that, with the implementation of the EMCO, all routes would be closed and controlled by the police, and residents would not be allowed to leave their homes except for a household representative to buy basic necessities within a radius of 10 kilometres.

Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava: It is also with great sorrow, real pain, that I have to share with you that two of these were children. Aged four and 10.

Data showed that Sydney prices gained another 2.6%, to be up 15.0% on a year ago, while Brisbane added 1.9% and Adelaide 1.6%. Melbourne rose 1.5% even though the city was locked down for much of June.

General manager Noorazzudin Omar: We have arrived at this decision after considering the present circumstances and all available options. We are left with little choice other than to proceed with this closure.

Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said 250,000 people in Selangor will be vaccinated for free under the SelVAX Community category, while the SelVAX Industry category, which is the voluntary paid vaccination programme for interested companies, is targeting to vaccinate one million workers, including foreign workers

Senior Minister (Security) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob: Many are still confused and assume that we have transitioned to Phase Two… it must be stressed that we are still in Phase One

Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba: Out of 243,309 MOH personnel who had completed their vaccinations, only 0.75% or 1,834 workers were infected with Covid-19

Selangor remained as the worst-hit state after reporting 2,836 pandemic cases, up from 2,299 yesterday

World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general for access to medicines and health products, Dr Mariangela Simao, in a news briefing from the agency’s Geneva headquarters on June 25, had stated vaccine alone won’t stop community transmission. “When you have a community transmission ongoing, people need to continue to use masks consistently, be in ventilated spaces, ensure hand hygiene, the physical distance, avoid crowding, even if you’re vaccinated,” said Simao.