The federal government has prolonged the motion management order (MCO) interval within the states of Selangor, Johor, Penang, Melaka, Sabah, Kelantan and the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan to February 4, 2021. The reimplementation of the MCO from January 13-26 initially concerned the aforementioned states and federal territories.
On January 16, it was introduced that the MCO would additionally come into impact in Kelantan and Sibu in Sarawak from January 16-29. This was later adopted by Terengganu, Pahang, Perlis, Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Kedah, with the MCO interval for these states set to run from January 22 to February 4.
With the most recent announcement, nearly the entire of Malaysia now follows an equivalent MCO interval. The one exception is Sarawak, the place all elements of the state are below the conditional motion management order (CMCO) from January 18 to 31, excluding Sibu that could be a MCO state and may observe the February 4 finish date.
Throughout his speech right this moment, senior minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob additionally revealed that meals retailers shall be allowed to function from 6am to 10pm, starting January 22 – beforehand solely as much as 8pm. This consists of eating places, meals stalls and kiosks, meals vans, roadside hawkers, meals courts and hawker centres.
As per MCO normal working procedures (SOPs), no in-place eating shall be allowed in MCO states, though take-away, drive-thru and deliveries are permitted.
