Red alert for Melaka (Covid-19 situation)

Just as news of the MCO (Movement Control Order) extension by an additional 2 weeks hit us (a bitter pill to swallow, but not completely unexpected), today the number of cases in our district of Melaka Tengah exceeded 40 cases, effectively putting us into the Red Zone.

The zone classifications are as follows:

• Green - No detection
• Yellow - Between 1 to 19 detections
• Orange - Between 20 to 40 detections
• Red - 41 detections and above

There are 3 districts in Melaka - prior to this Jasin had already gone into Red, and Alor Gajah was edging closer to the upper limit of Orange too, as reported on the FreeMalaysiaToday website. If you look at the map of Peninsular Malaysia below sourced from the KKM (Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia), this generally means the overall situation in Melaka (which is a relatively small state compared to its immediate neighbours Negeri Sembilan and Johor) is quite alarming!

As you can see, the central and southern states are quite badly affected. There are 4 green zones where there are no detections so far - let's hope it stays that way.

For us, this means definitely having to be extra careful when going out for the essentials (food and other supplies)!