Covid-19: Hotels and e-commerce now included in expanded list of essential services


PETALING JAYA: The government has gazetted that hotels and accommodations, e-commerce and postal services, petrol stations, telecommunications and public transport are among the essential services under movement control order that went into effect this morning (March 18).

The list, a much longer one than anticipated by the public, was gazetted under the The Federal Government Gazette dated March 18 titled “Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within the infected local areas) Regulations 2020”, with the authority of the Health Minister Datuk Dr Adham Baba.

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