Malaysia's government said on Sunday, June 27 that a third coronavirus lockdown would be maintained until 10 percent of the country's population had received two vaccines doses and case numbers dropped below 4,000 a day.
"The graph on daily COVID-19 positive cases a horizontal trend," Defence Minister, Ismail Sabri Yaakob said, adding that the number of people in intensive care units would also have to fall before the restrictions, which were due to end on Monday, could be relaxed.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the lockdown extension could run until "the middle of July or so," according to state news agency Bernama.
The measures, which the government had earlier labelled a "total lockdown," were imposed after Malaysia's virus-related deaths and case numbers soared last month.