NATIONAL Recovery Council chairman Muhyiddin Yassin advised Malaysians to practise self-control and to not be complacent even as interstate travel begins today.

He reminded the people to do Covid self-testing for quick detection of infection and those found positive should go into isolation to effectively break the chain of infection in the community.

“If one can afford, self-test for Covid more frequently at home as the kits are now sold at reasonable prices in pharmacies and online,” he said in a Facebook posting today.

The former prime minister also praised the government for consistently vaccinating as many people as possible in the country and reducing the burden on the health sector and enabling more economic and social sectors to open.

“The relaxation was only given after the risk sectors had been evaluated and the government had carried out its responsibility well in dispensing vaccines to as many people as possible in Malaysia,” he said.

Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, in a special media conference yesterday, said the government had agreed to allow movements across states without the need to obtain police permit starting today. – Bernama, October 11, 2021.