People wearing face masks enjoy an evening out Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur March 27, 2022. After more than two years of battling the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw the enforcement of the first movement control order on March 18, 2020, closures of the country’s borders, implementation of the physical distancing rule as well as wearing of face masks, Malaysia will enter the transition to endemic phase at the stroke of midnight on April 1.