PETALING JAYA: Many contractors are in dire state due to various additional costs arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, including high steel bar and cop.
No full MCO please, say industries and trade groups 20 May 2021 / 23:51 H. All quiet at the integrated transport hub in Bandar Tasik Selatan, Kuala Lumpur, amid Movement Control Order 3.0.New Covid-19 cases continue to rise rapidly in spite of tighter movement restrictions. – BERNAMAPIX
PETALING JAYA: Various industries and trade associations have pleaded with the government not to resort to a full movement control order (MCO) as it will hurt the economy and affect people’s livelihoods, even as the number of new Covid-19 infections hit a record high for the second consecutive day, with 6,806 cases today.
The new wave of infections breached the threshold of 3,000 new cases daily in May and have continued to rise rapidly in spite of tighter movement restrictions. This has sparked fears of a return to the first MCO that limited economic activities to essential businesses, especially for Selangor, which has the highest number of cases in the country.