PUTRAJAYA: The government will implement the conditional movement control order (CMCO), with most economic and social activities allowed to resume on May 4.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said this decision was taken after two of the six strategies adopted by the government to contain the Covid-19 pandemic and build resilience through the Prihatin Economic Stimulus Package have yielded positive results.
“We are ready to carry out our third approach, which is to reopen economic activities nationwide in a controlled and careful manner. As such, the government will now be implementing the conditional movement control order or CMCO,” he said in his special address in conjunction with Workers’ Day today.
However, activities that involved large gatherings and ones that could expose the public to the risks of infection are still disallowed, the prime minister stressed.
The next three strategies to be taken are economic recovery measures while dealing with the new normal, revitalising the economy in a comprehensive manner for continuity and reforming economic structures.
Elaborating, Muhyiddin said the government would need to find ways to balance the need to revive the country’s economy and curbing the Covid-19 pandemic.
He said the nation has suffered estimated losses of about RM63 billion so far throughout the MCO period, adding that many have had their financial positions affected by the pandemic.
“I am aware that after almost two months of the MCO, many of you who want to return to work. Traders want to resume businesses and industries want to operate again.
“This is important as employment and businesses are a source of income and your livelihood. If we are to be placed under MCO for too long, we could lose all that (livelihood) and this will have a negative impact on one’s financial position,” he said. – Bernama
