If virus cases spike as economy opens, govt will impose more EMCOs
A man behind barbed wire in Selayang, which is under an EMCO, last week. The health director-general says like dengue, Covid-19 will be part of Malaysia's daily life for the foreseeable future. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, May 2, 2020.
THE Health Ministry will not hesitate to place areas, even a whole state, that record new Covid-19 infections, under an enhanced movement control order once new conditions to reopen the economy take effect on Monday. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said workplaces and restaurants that do not follow health standard operating procedures aimed at curbing Covid-19 transmissions will face enforcement action or even be ordered to closed.
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