On 16th March, PM Muhyiddin announced the provision of a RM600 monthly scheme that workers who were forced to go into unpaid leave could apply for during the Movement Control Lockdown (MCO). The scheme, which is part of the Employment Retention Program (ERP) under the PERKESO, also known as Social Security Organization (SOCSO), is said to last...
This is certainly great news! The Minister of Health has said that the Covid-19 cases in Malaysia may have hit plateau as almost everyone is obeying the advice given by health authorities. According to The Star, the minister, Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba has said that the plateau in the number of positive cases is caused by the public taking...
In the latest update from the Malaysian federal government, it has been reported by Free Malaysia Today and Malaysian Insight that a decision has been made to mobilise the army in order to help further enforce the current Movement Control Order that was set in place on 18th March 2020. Source: Malay Mail “We’re confident that with help from the army...
The authorities have begun to put their words into action as the police had arrested a man for not adhering to the Movement Control Order (MCO) on the 19th of March 2020. Prior to enforcement by law, the authorities were urging everyone to just stay at home during the span of MCO. However, now the...
As of today, there are a total of 24 imported new cases and 8 local new cases of Covid-19 in the island nation, according to a statement released by the Ministry of Health in Singapore, totalling 345 cases. According to a tweet by their MOH, one of the imported cases is a Malaysian man, aged 25, who has...
As many now know, authorities are coming down hard on Malaysians who aren’t taking the Movement Control Order (MCO) seriously. Aside from deploying PDRM task forces and possibly the army to enforce strict measures for the public to comply, medical experts have also come forward to share why the public needs to follow this Order...
In reports from The Star, Free Malaysia Today and New Straits Times, it has been revealed that former-Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has put himself under a two-week self-quarantine period after it was found that he had been in close contact with a Minister of Parliament that tested positive for Covid-19. Source: New Straits Times This quarantine period was necessitated...
You know you watch all the end-of-the-world movies and the last thing you’d think about is having it happen to you? Well something is happening, right here, right now, and it’s kinda looking pretty end-of-the-world like. Source: ABC News Since the government’s initiative to put the country under a Restricted Movement order, it would seem that for...
As the Movement Control Order is officially enforced today, many businesses have shuttered their doors and Malaysians all across the nation are advised to stay home unless it is absolutely neessary for them to go out. Unfortunately, the severity of why the Movement Control Order was enforced seems to have been ignored by some people entirely, according...
For most of us affected by the movement control, it’s probably a big question as to whether we are allowed to leave home or not. And if we are allowed to leave home, which places are we allowed to go, and what activities are we allowed to do until the Movement Control Order is lifted?...
