ANKARA 

Malaysia on Friday announced plans to deploy the country’s military to reinforce stay-at-home orders in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

The Malaysian Armed Forces will be mobilized on Sunday to assist the civilian authorities in controlling the public movement, said Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, according to state-run Bernama news agency. 

On March 17, the country imposed the two-week Movement Control Order asking people to stay home until end of the month.

“Nevertheless, there have been incidents which show that there still are individuals who are disregarding the order and are roaming in parks, eating in restaurants, and

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