PUTRAJAYA: Any decision by the government involving the lifting of the movement control order or the reopening of sectors needs to be justified by “data and science”, says Datuk Seri Mohd Azmin Ali.
The Senior Minister (Economy) said this has always been the government’s way of deciding on MCO-related matters for the past year.
“Our decisions are all made based on our experience as well as the data and statistics that we collected over the past year.
“If we need to extend the MCO, then the decision needs to be justified based on data and science. If we decide otherwise, it also has to be based on data and science, ” said Mohd Azmin at a press conference after Perikatan Nasional’s one-year anniversary event here on Monday (March 1).
KUALA LUMPUR, March 1 Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases have dropped to 1,828 or the lowest they have been since January 5, according to data Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah released today. He also reported 2,486 patient recoveries, which brought the country’s active.
SME Association president Michael Kang: “We do not agree to having travel bans between states and districts to go on. It is affecting businesses badly. The SME industry is against this decision. The health of people is important but livelihoods should also be taken care of. ”
KUALA LUMPUR: Small businesses are not in favour of any continued travel restrictions even as the country kicks off its immunisation programme.
SMEs hope that the government can, instead, come up with a more viable solution that will enable the economy to keep running and for more sectors to reopen.
“We do not agree to having travel bans between states and districts to go on. It is affecting businesses badly. The SME industry is against this decision. The health of people is important but livelihoods should also be taken care of, ” said SME Association of Malaysia president Datuk Michael Kang.
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