MARAN: Local authorities have the power to close down factories that violate the Covid-19 standard operating procedure, says Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin.
She said the local authorities could enforce the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act (Act 342) together with the Local Government Act 1976 (Act 171).
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