Malaysia's Yang di-Pertuan Agong expressed his greatest concerns over the jump in positive cases in early March.[7][8] Measures were then announced by the Prime Minister of Malaysia to counter the spread of the virus within the country in a live nationwide telecast on 13 March 2020.[9][10] With the spread of the virus into all of Malaysian states and federal territories by 16 March, the Malaysian government announced that it has decided to implement a "Movement Control Order" from 18 March to 31 March to curb the further growth of positive cases in the country through social distancing.[11][12][13] The Attorney-General's Chambers (AGC) of Malaysia also published a federal gazette on 18 March 2020 that bars individuals from travelling to another place with all states in the country have been gazetted as coronavirus-affected area.[14] On 25 March, the government extended the Movement Control Order from 1 April to 14 April 2020 in an attempt to curb the rapid rise in number of cases.[15] There have, however, been considerations of a further lockdown until late April or May, due to the anticipated spike in cases (most likely attributed to a lack of compliance to the March-April MCO).