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== Garis masa pandemik COVID-19 di Malaysia ==
{{Main|Garis masa pandemik COVID-19 di Malaysia (2020)|Garis masa pandemik COVID-19 di Malaysia (2021)}}
=== Isu kluster tabligh Sri Petaling ===
Pada Mac 2020, beberapa negara Asia Tenggara mengalami kenaikan ketara berikutan kes [[Jemaah Tabligh]] menghadiri acara yang diadakan di Masjid Jamek di [[Sri Petaling]], [[Kuala Lumpur]], di mana ramai orang dipercayai telah dijangkiti.<ref name="NYT mosque">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/17/world/asia/17reuters-health-coronavirus-malaysia-mosque.html|title=How Mass Pilgrimage at Malaysian Mosque Became Coronavirus Hotspot|work=Reuters|via=The New York Times|date=17 March 2020|accessdate=22 Mac 2020|archive-date=2020-03-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322192328/https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/03/17/world/asia/17reuters-health-coronavirus-malaysia-mosque.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Acara empat hari, dari 27 Februari hingga 1 Mac, mempunyai kira-kira 16,000 peserta, termasuk kira-kira 1,500 dari luar Malaysia.<ref name="ABC wonder how dangerous">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-19/coronavirus-spread-from-malaysian-event-to-multiple-countries/12066092|title=Coronavirus COVID-19 cases spiked across Asia after a mass gathering in Malaysia. This is how it caught the countries by surprise|last=Barker|first=Anne|work=ABC News|date=19 Mac 2020|accessdate=20 Mac 2020|archive-date=2020-03-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319153048/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-03-19/coronavirus-spread-from-malaysian-event-to-multiple-countries/12066092|url-status=live}}</ref> Hadirin berkongsi makanan, duduk rapat bersama, dan bersentuhan ketika acara tersebut. Menurut para tetamu, para pemimpin acara tidak bercakap tentang langkah-langkah pencegahan COVID-19, tetapi kebanyakan hadirin [[Wuduk|mencuci tangan]] ketika acara tersebut.<ref name="NYT mosque"/> Pihak berkuasa Malaysia dikritik kerana membiarkan acara itu diteruskan.<ref name="NYT mosque"/>
Pada 17 Mac, hampir dua pertiga daripada 673 kes yang disahkan di Malaysia berkaitan dengan kejadian itu.<ref name="NYT mosque"/><ref name="ABC wonder how dangerous"/> Lebih 620 orang, termasuk dari negara lain yang menghadiri acara ini telah disahkan positif, menjadikannya pusat penghantaran yang paling terkenal di [[Asia Tenggara]]. Sekurang-kurangnya enam negara telah mengesan kes mereka di sini – kebanyakan 73 kes di Malaysia [[Pandemik COVID-19 di Brunei|Brunei]] telah dikaitkan dengan acara itu, serta sekurang-kurangnya 5 kes di [[Pandemik COVID-19 di Singapura|Singapura]], 10 di [[Pandemik COVID-19 di Thailand|Thailand]], 22 di [[Pandemik COVID-19 di Kemboja|Kemboja]], 2 di [[Pandemik COVID-19 di Filipina|Filipina]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/03/19-filipino-tablighs-positive-for-covid-19-quarantined-in-malaysia/|title=19 Filipino tablighs positive for COVID-19 quarantined in Malaysia|last=Cabrera|first=Ferdinandh B.|work=Minda News|date=23 Mac 2020|accessdate=25 Mac 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405085016/https://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2020/03/19-filipino-tablighs-positive-for-covid-19-quarantined-in-malaysia/|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> dan 2 di [[Pandemik COVID-19 di Vietnam|Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/another-malaysia-returnee-tests-covid-19-positive-4070591.html|title=Another Malaysia returnee tests Covid-19 positive|last=Le|first=Chi|work=VnExpress|date=18 Mac 2020|accessdate=20 Mac 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405085614/https://e.vnexpress.net/news/news/another-malaysia-returnee-tests-covid-19-positive-4070591.html|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3076219/coronavirus-i-attended-tabligh-mass-islamic-prayer|title=How the coronavirus spread at Malaysia’s tabligh Islamic gathering|last=Sukumaran|first=Tashny|work=South China Morning Post|date=19 March 2020|accessdate=21 Mac 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405084542/https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/health-environment/article/3076219/coronavirus-i-attended-tabligh-mass-islamic-prayer|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/world/asia/coronavirus-malaysia-muslims-outbreak.html|title=None of Us Have a Fear of Corona': The Faithful at an Outbreak's Center|last=Beech|first=Hannah|work=The New York Times|date=20 March 2020|accessdate=21 Mac 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405084052/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/world/asia/coronavirus-malaysia-muslims-outbreak.html|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
=== April 2020 ===
Pada 2 dan 3 April, terdapat sedikit peningkatan drastik kes-kes harian di negara, dengan hari-hari tersebut masing-masing mencatatkan 208 dan 217 kes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/04/02/covid-19-208-new-cases-death-toll-now-at-50|title=Covid-19: 208 new cases, death toll now at 50|last=Kaos Jr|first=Joseph|work=The Star|date=2 April 2020|accessdate=2 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405124010/https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2020/04/02/covid-19-208-new-cases-death-toll-now-at-50|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldofbuzz.com/malaysia-records-3333-confirmed-covid-19-cases-after-217-more-test-positive/|title=Malaysia Records 3,333 Confirmed Covid-19 Cases After 217 More Test Positive|last=Tan|first=Sheralyn|work=World of Buzz|date=3 April 2020|accessdate=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405125038/https://www.worldofbuzz.com/malaysia-records-3333-confirmed-covid-19-cases-after-217-more-test-positive/|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Ketua Pengarah Kesihatan, Noor Hisham Abdullah berkata bahawa peningkatan ini tidak berkait dengan "gelombang ketiga", sebaliknya berlaku disebabkan oleh pengesanan kes-kes secara aktif di kawasan yang mengalami [[Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Malaysia 2020#Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan|Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Diperketatkan]], pelaksanaan PKP yang lebih ketat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/covid-19-peningkatan-jumlah-kes-bukan-gelombang-ketiga-kp-kesihatan-236670|title=COVID-19: Peningkatan jumlah kes bukan 'gelombang ketiga' - KP Kesihatan|first=Fareez|last=Azman|work=Astro Awani|date=3 April 2020|accessdate=3 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405125346/http://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/covid-19-peningkatan-jumlah-kes-bukan-gelombang-ketiga-kp-kesihatan-236670|archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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