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MOH to moot stricter conditional MCO in the Klang Valley and Sabah

Oct 19, 2020

The Health Ministry will moot a stricter conditional MCO in the Klang Valley and Sabah, including curbs on large gatherings.

It says the economic sector should be allowed to operate but all forms of gatherings should be reduced.

The Ministry will raise this matter to the National Security Council meeting.

This as gyms, futsal and badminton courts and commercial sports centres are allowed to resume operations starting today in CMCO areas.

31 of 85 active Covid-19 clusters in Malaysia have reported new positive cases to date.

The Health Ministry says the nation has recorded 190 total clusters since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, with 105 coming to an end so far.

This comes as we reported 4 new clusters yesterday - one each in Labuan, Penang, Selangor and Sabah.

Employers found to have made false claims to obtain Wage Subsidy Programme funds will be subjected to stern action, including being stopped from receiving the aid, suspension of payments and having to repay the
amount received.

The HR Ministry says employers who receive the assistance but abuse it by not paying the workers’ wages would also face legal action.

To date, SOCSO has received almost 300 complaints from workers against employers who still failed to pay their wages despite receiving the assistance.