Almost All Economic Sectors, Businesses Can Reopen on 4 May, Subject to Conditions
Almost all major economic sectors and businesses will be allowed to reopen on 4 May 2020, subject to strict conditions in what is termed as a conditional movement control order (CMCO), Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said in a special Labour Day address today.
He also said that the government can no longer afford to carry on with the extended movement control order (MCO) imposed on businesses, which has dealt a significant blow to the nation’s economy.
Muhyiddin also said that the government has been suffering RM2.4 billion in losses daily during the MCO, adding that the losses to date are estimated at RM63 billion, with another RM35 billion to come, should the MCO be extended longer.
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“I realise you are worried. I am worried too, and in some nations too, when the lockdown ended, the number of COVID-19 positive cases increased exponentially.
“We must find ways to balance between healing the nation’s economy and addressing COVID-19.”
Based on the advice from the Ministry of Health (MOH), and based on collected data, and the best practice guide stipulated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the government has decided to reopen economic sectors cautiously, by implementing stringent health standard operating procedures (SOPs), beginning 4 May 2020.
The full list of businesses and activities that will not be allowed can be obtained at the National Security Council’s website, www.mkn.gov.my
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