(pic). Claiming that 1,000 of these premises state-wide were affected by the ban on operations, he said the ruling again put them in a tight spot economically with some resorting to taking house calls in secret. He said that the group was already not allowed to operate under government regulations in March last year when the first MCO was enforced, adding that they were closed until June 2020. Gee added that these hairdressers only operated for half a year in 2020 and have earnestly requested that the government relax the rules and let them open their business with strict adherence to the standard operating procedures as a condition.