GALLERY Selayang wholesale market closed for COVID-19 screening exercise

KUALA LUMPUR (April 21): The Selayang wholesale market (aka Kuala Lumpur wholesale market) has been closed to prepare for Covid-19 screenings of market traders and workers, the Malay Mail reported today.

“The wholesale market was closed as of yesterday evening to make way for the screening exercise.

“These are the orders that we have received,” a spokesman for the authorities told the news portal.

The spokesman also could not confirm when the market will be opened again for operations.

“We don’t have information on when the wholesale market can resume business because the screening only began yesterday,” he added.

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced yesterday that an enhanced movement control order (EMCO) has been imposed on the area surrounding the Selayang wholesale market. The two-week EMCO will end on May 3.

But the minister also explained that only the surrounding residential neighbourhoods are affected, while the market will operate as per normal during the EMCO.

The eight parcels the area involved in the EMCO are: Parcel A (Jalan 6/3A, Pusat Bandar Utara), Parcel B (Jalan 6/3A and 9/3A, Pusat Bandar Utara), Parcel C (Jalan 2/3A, Pusat Bandar Utara), Parcel D (Jalan 2/3A, Pusat Bandar Utara), Parcel E1 (Taman Sri Murni Fasa 2, Jalan 1/2D), Parcel E2 (Taman Sri Murni Fasa 1, Jalan 1/2D), Parcel E3 (Taman Sri Murni Fasa 3, Jalan 1/2B), Parcel F (Taman Batu View and Taman Batu Hampar).

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