KUALA LUMPUR, May 7 (Xinhua) -- The Badminton Malaysia Open scheduled for May 25-30 has been postponed to a later date, following the recent surge of new COVID-19 cases in the host country, the Badminton World Federation (BWF) said on Friday.

The event, which was one of the last Olympic qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo Olympics, will no longer take place within the qualifying window ends on June 13, the world governing body of badminton said in a statement.

"All attempts were made by the organizers and BWF to provide a safe tournament environment for all participants, but the recent surge in cases left no choice but to postpone the tournament," it said.

Malaysia has recently seen several thousand new infections daily, with the government reimposing a movement control order in parts of the country, including the capital Kuala Lumpur from May 7 to 20.

Malaysia on Friday reported 4,498 new COVID-19 infections, the first time the country recorded more than 4,000 cases in 24 hours since early February, bringing the national total to 432,425 cases. Enditem

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