Bookstores, computer and telco shops allowed to operate

Kuala Lumpur: Shops selling computers, telecommunication devices, books and stationery are allowed to operate for the duration of the National Recovery Plan (PPN), effective today (Friday).

Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic), in a statement Thursday, said the special session of the National Security Council (MKN) on Thursday agreed to permit them to operate after taking into account feedback from students, parents and teachers.

“This is to ensure that teachers and students can conduct teaching and learning at home (PdPR) without interruption,” he said.

Ismail Sabri said the Covid-19 pandemic had changed the way of daily learning, and all educational institutions were now practising the PdPR system online.

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He said the special meeting Thursday also agreed to allow the movement of students from areas under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) or to EMCO areas, subject to police permission, for the purpose of taking examinations, including professional ones. On the 13,215 new Covid-19 positive cases reported by the Health Ministry Thursday, Ismail Sabri said it was due to the large-scale and targeted screening carried out in EMCO areas, especially in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan, the three states with the highest numbers. He said out of a total of 134,569 individuals who underwent screening tests on Wednesday, 50,646 individuals were screened in Selangor with 6,120 positive Covid-19 cases recorded.

“The increasing trend of positive Covid-19 cases is not only happening in Malaysia but also neighbouring countries such as Indonesia which recorded 56,757 positive cases today (Thursday). Thailand recorded a total of 9,186 positive cases,” he said.

He said European countries were also struggling with an increase in cases, such as the United Kingdom which recorded 42,302 cases, and Russia which reported 25,293 cases.

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Meanwhile, Ismail Sabri said seven localities in Sabah and Perak will come under the EMCO effective Saturday until July 30, and named the localities in Sabah as Kampung Perpaduan Gumpa in Kudat, Sabah Forest Industry (SFI) Housing in Sipitang and Tawau Prison and the Taman Ehsan Prison quarters in Tawau. The three localities in Kerian district, Perak subjected to EMCO are the Tropicana Apartments Bukit Merah, Kampung Tersusun Pondok Tanjung and Kampung Binjai.

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