KUALA LUMPUR – The National Security Council (NSC) did not order the closure of the night market in Meru, Klang in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.
The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) only covers the workers’ hostel of Top Glove in Klang, he said when responding to a question on the local authority having ordered the closure of the night market.
The EMCO there has been extended to December 14.
“The EMCO is only enforced on the men’s and women’s hostels, as well as the row of rented houses occupied by workers of the company. Other areas have not been declared EMCO zones,” he told the press conference on the recovery movement control order update here.
Ismail Sabri said, however, that he will discuss the matter further with the Selangor government and the NSC.
He also said that economic activities are allowed in areas that do not come under the EMCO but remain subject to the tight standard operating procedures of the MCO.
Ismail Sabri said business premises, including night and day markets, also have to be monitored by People’s Volunteer Corps personnel to ensure that patrons record their details and have their body temperature taken.
“Up to now, economic activities, including markets, can operate on condition that Rela personnel are there. Any decision on their closure is subject to a Covid-19 infection risk assessment by the Health Ministry,” he said.
Replying to another question, Ismail Sabri gave the assurance that there will be an announcement on Friday whether the ongoing conditional movement control order in several states will be declared ended or extended.
“Usually, several days before the CMCO ends, the Health Ministry will advise the NSC special meeting, and I will make an announcement on Friday after the meeting,” he said.
The government had announced the enforcement of the CMCO for four weeks from November 9 to December 6, in the whole country except Perlis, Pahang, Kelantan, and Sarawak.
The CMCO in Kedah, Melaka, Johor and Terengganu was declared ended earlier on November 21, following a steady decline in the number of Covid-19 positive cases there. – Bernama, November 30, 2020
