Reopening of more sectors reduces national losses to RM300mil a day


Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz (pic) said the MCO 2.0 allowed more economic sectors to operate than the previous one to balance between the health aspects of the people and the current economic pressures.

PETALING JAYA: The reopening of more economic sectors under the second phase of the movement control order (MCO 2.0) has succeeded in reducing the country’s losses to RM300mil a day compared to RM2.4bil a day during the MCO 1.0.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz (pic) said the MCO 2.0 allowed more economic sectors to operate than the previous one to balance between the health aspects of the people and the current economic pressures.

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