News about MCO

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): The American Malaysian Chamber of Commerce (Amcham) has voiced its opposition to a stricter form of Movement Control Order (MCO), such as when the movement restriction or MCO 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 20): The SME Association of Malaysia (SME Malaysia) has urged the Government not to impose a full lockdown on the economy, warning that nearly 40% of SMEs will close down their business operations for good if that happens.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 18): The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) said it supports the proposal for a more stringent Movement Control Order (MCO) in states which report a surge in Covid-19 infections, but is against a blanket lockdown.

PETALING JAYA (May 17): The Health Ministry is mulling to implement a “full scale” movement control order (MCO) in Selangor, in view of the spiking number of Covid-19 cases in the state, reported Free Malaysia Today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 12): Maybank Investment Bank Bhd economists said today while the outlook of the Malaysian economy rebounding in 2021 is on track, the risk to growth remains tilted to the downside due to the latest round of the Covid-19-driven movement control order (MCO 3.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 12): Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) said 80% of new Covid-19 cases recorded in the country lately have been sporadic infections that are not linked directly with any identified Covid-19 infection clusters.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): Cash transfers from the government shored up the average income of some of the country’s poorest urban households above 2019 levels in March but 71% say they still need financial aid in the coming months and 60% still could not buy enough food for their families, the fourth and final instalment of a study commissioned by two United Nations (UN) agencies showed.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The Malaysian economy, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), registered a decline of 0.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 11): The nationwide movement control order (MCO) could take away 0.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): The whole of Malaysia will be placed under the Movement Control Order (MCO) from May 12 to June 7, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin in a statement this evening, as the country grapples with rising Covid-19 infections.