As expected, Malaysia will be undergoing a tighter MCO 3.0 following the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and deaths.
Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob revealed that starting from 25th May (coming Tuesday), a few Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) will be adjusted under the MCO 3.0.
✅Farmasi dibenarkan beroperasi sehingga jam 10 malam.
— KKMalaysia🇲🇾🩺❤️ (@KKMPutrajaya) May 22, 2021
The highlights are as follows:
- An increase of roadblocks will be enforced at all roads
- 80% of government workers to be enforced to work from home
- 40% of private sector workers are enforced to work from home
- All public transportation to limit to 50% capacity only
- High risk places (according to HIDE list) to close effective immediately
- Shoppers can only spend a maximum of 2 hours at retail premises, including shopping malls
As for the economy sectors, the majority can only operate between 8am to 8pm only:
- Restaurants, hawker stalls and food trucks: 8am – 8pm
- Convenience stores: 8am – 8pm
- Laundromats (except self-service laundromats): 8am – 8pm
- Shopping malls: 10am – 8pm
- Hospitals and clinics: 24 hours
- Pharmacies: 8am – 10pm
- Petrol Stations: 8am – 8pm
- Highway Petrol Stations: 24 hours
- Night markets: 4pm – 10pm
Of course, Twitterverse is filled with memes about the new announcement.
Whole week meeting after meeting and this is the shit they come up with?
What's the difference??! #MCO3.1
— Jeff Sandhu (@JeffSandhu) May 22, 2021
When they think Covid only attack between 8:01 pm – 7:59 am. #MCO3 pic.twitter.com/1pSWloNBpH
— ً (@notmzoh) May 22, 2021
MAYBE Covid-19 is only dangerous after 8pm… #MCO3 pic.twitter.com/nOaCRmValW
— H.meed (@_hameedk17) May 22, 2021
Good to know #COVID19 only works the night shift in Malaysia.
— Jahabar Sadiq (@jsadiq) May 22, 2021
A Quiet Place, now playing in cinemas nationwide. #DontKnowWhenCanOpen pic.twitter.com/dQvUM56nGM
— GSC (@GSCinemas) May 22, 2021
Hannah Yeoh also brought up some good points by answering the public’s queries:
Almost everyone sitting at the MKN table has a driver if I'm not mistaken. I may be wrong. https://t.co/uFR2fEscFL
— Hannah Yeoh (@hannahyeoh) May 22, 2021
We have gone through this before on 18 January 2021 https://t.co/K94jKGRMnZ
— Hannah Yeoh (@hannahyeoh) May 22, 2021
