Malaysia to relax curbs on people’s movement

Bloomberg

Malaysia will relax restrictions on the movement of peoplke within the country from June 10 and allow almost all activities including domestic tourism to resume, PM Muhyiddin Yassin said. The nation’s borders will remain closed and overseas travel is still restricted, he said. Theme parks etc won’t be allowed to reopen yet. The new rules will be in place until August 31, he said.
The government has limited people’s movement since the middle of March as it sought to curb the spread of the coronavirus. While the number of new infections among Malaysians has fallen, the country is grappling with hundreds of new cases found in immigration detention centres following a crackdown on migrant workers and undocumented people that started in April.
Malaysia has allowed most sectors to reopen since May 4, helping ease the impact of lockdown on an economy that’s facing a contraction in the second quarter. Muhyiddin estimated that the strict lockdown had cost the economy $562.5 million each day, and expects the unemployment rate to rise to 5.5% by the end of the year as businesses struggled in the pandemic.