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Malaysia locks down for a third time as coronavirus cases surge

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A police officer stops a rider at a roadblock as he enforces a lockdown in Kuala Lumpur. (Reuters: Lim Huey Teng/File Photo)
Malaysia has imposed a third nationwide lockdown, as the country grapples with a surge in coronavirus cases and highly infectious variants that the government said are testing its health system.

Key points:

• Inter-state travel and social gatherings are prohibited and educational institutions are closed
  
  
• The measures will continue until June 7
  
  
• Malaysia recorded 3,807 new cases on Monday, bringing its total to 444,484 cases and 1,700 deaths
  

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said on Monday that all inter-state and inter-district travel will be banned, along with social gatherings.

Educational institutions will be shut but economic sectors will be allowed to continue, Mr Muhyiddin said, without elaborating.

"Malaysia is facing a third wave of COVID-19 that could trigger a national crisis," Mr Muhyiddin said in a statement, adding that the lockdown measures will continue until June 7.