Lockdown to be relaxed once daily cases drop below 4,000, says PM


PETALING JAYA: The lockdown during the first phase of the movement control order (MCO) enforced since June 1 will be lifted once cases fall below 4,000 a day, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (pic).

In his special address on Tuesday (June 15), Muhyiddin said there were four phases for the National Recovery Plan, and that phase two of the MCO would see the reopening of the economy in phases, where 80% of the workforce would be allowed back in the workplace.

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