News & Reviews:   movement control order

To help out those who are in need, our government has announced that Malaysians will be able to withdraw savings from our EPF accounts starting from 1 April 2020. If you still don’t know, the latest announcement from Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin just came today reminding us to stay home until 14 April 2020, as Covid-19 cases in the country are still increasing. The movement control order has definitely brought some major effects to people, especially for for financial aspect.

During the pandemic, we’ve realized some of the things that we can easily get during normal days, can suddenly become precious treasures. With the movement control order being implemented, many have gone out and ransacked the grocery stores for daily supplies. Among all the stuff, instant noodles and toilet papers appear to be popular when we’re facing this unfortunate virus outbreak. Other than those, the supply of bread from famous household brand Gardenia is also facing shortage and someone is selling it for RM699 online. (What on Earth?!)

Today, the Malaysian government has announced the movement control order will be extended until 14 April 2020. It is not surprising at all as cases in our country have been increasing these few days. Therefore, it is better to stay home for a few more weeks to halt the spread. However, this may not be good news for some of the non-essential businesses especially micro-SMEs. Luckily, Axiata is here to save the day with its subsidiaries Celcom and Boost, as they’re contributing a RM150 million cash fund to support small businesses that are facing difficulties.

With the government announcing an extension to the Movement Control Order (MCO), we're going to be stuck at home till 14 April 2020. During this time, it's important that we not fall for fake news that are created to mislead us. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has been working on keeping track on the fake news so we'll know what to look out for.

We have just passed one week of the Movement Control Order (or restriction, it's the same) and today, our Prime Minister Muhyiddin gave an official announcement about the initiative. As many speculated, the extension for the MCO is indeed true and has been pushed back to 14 April 2020.

We are now on day 7 of the Movement Restriction Order and more local brands are keeping up with the effort to ensure everyone's health and safety. For foodpanda, they have already implemented the contactless delivery but they recently went the extra mile of taking care of their delivery partners' well being with extra financial support.

Malaysians are frustrated with not being able to purchase the surgical face mask as it is now on a limited supply in the country. Today, the Health Director-General Datuk Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah has once again clarified only those who show symptoms or deals with patients in the healthcare sector are obligated to wear on a face mask.  

On this 6th day of the Movement Control Order (MCO), Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has declared four initiatives that have been decided by the government. These initiatives came out after a meeting by the Malaysian cabinet on how to deal with the economic situation that is deteriorating during the MCO.

In the interest of ensuring that the rules of the movement control order (MCO) are being adhered to, the Malaysian military deployed armed forces earlier today. But that's not all, the military is looking into different ways to help with patrolling the streets and controlling the spread of the Covid-19 virus.

Malaysia Military joined the police officers and local authorities to ensure public compliance of the Movement Control Order (MCO) to flatten the infection curve of COVID-19 on 22 March 2020. They will be patrolling and control the entry points at the borders and also at the grocery markets.