Full list: Services that can operate during movement control order period
CORONAVIRUS | The National Security Council (NSC) has released a detailed guide on services allowed to operate during the movement control order period, which begins today.
Among the 23 "essential services" listed are hotels, homestays and paid accommodations...
CORONAVIRUS | The National Security Council (NSC) has released a detailed guide on services allowed to operate during the movement control order period, which begins today.
Among the 23 "essential services" listed are hotels, homestays and paid accommodations.
Such services are allowed to remain in operation during the two-week order period but guests must "be inside their rooms in accordance with the quarantine period".
An aide to Prime Minister and NSC chairperson Muhyiddin Yassin clarified with Malaysiakini that "quarantine period" referred to the duration of the movement control order period.
Food can only be ordered and served through room service at these premises.
Hotel facilities such as swimming pools, gyms, bars, restaurants and spas are not allowed to operate.
Meanwhile, the list also included a rule that grocery stores, supermarkets and wholesale markets must limit the number of people, per family, allowed at a time when purchasing essential goods.
The NSC also listed nine “non-essential services” that can operate during the same period.
Among them are car workshops, which are allowed to “operate at a minimum scale”. Towing services are allowed.
The NSC added that police and Rela personnel have been appointed to enforce rules during the order period, which was imposed to prevent Covid-19 from spreading further.
The movement control order will stay in effect until March 31.
Meanwhile, in a related development, the government has gazetted a ban on exporting facemasks intended for medical use.
The order was gazetted yesterday under Control of Supplies Act 1961 and was signed by Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi on March 12.
That ban covers the export of one-ply, two-ply, and three-ply surgical masks, as well as N95 respirators intended for medical use.
Separately, the government has gazetted regulations that would be in force for the duration of the movement control order.
Among others, it stipulates that those who violate the order will be liable to a fine up to RM1,000, or imprisonment up to six months, or both.
It also provides a list of 22 services that are deemed essential, which now includes items such as e-commerce, hotels, and accommodation.
Below is the full guide issued by the NSC:
