2020 Malaysia Movement Control Order (Malay: Perintah Kawalan Pergerakan Malaysia 2020) refers to a cordon sanitaire implemented as a preventive measure of the federal government of Malaysia towards the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on 18 March 2020, thus "movement control" was implemented throughout the country.[1] The incident was commonly referred to in some local and international media as the "Malaysia partial lockdown" or "Malaysia lockdown".[2]