Essential Services List What Businesses Can Open During Total Lockdown

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Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today announced all economic and social sectors - except those on the essential service list - will not be allowed to operate under the "total lockdown" that will come into force next Tuesday.
They include offices, retailers, factories and malls. In the case of malls, only tenants on the essential service list can operate.
"This will reduce the number of workers from 15 million to 1.5 million," he said in a televised address.
Ismail said the goal was to reduce the movement of people in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19.
The list of 17 sectors that are allowed to operate includes food and beverage, health services including veterinary care, and security services including welfare.
The full list of sectors allowed to operate is as follows:
Food and beverage, including for animalsHealth care and medicine including dietary supplements, animal care and veterinary servicesWaterEnergySecurity and safety, defence, emergency, welfare and humanitarian assistanceSolid waste management, public sanitisation and irrigationLand, water and air transportationPort, shipyard, and airport services including unloading, lightering (cargo transfer between vessels), cargo handling, pilotage and commodity storage or bulkingCommunications including media, telecommunications and internet, postage, courier as well as broadcasting (for purposes of information dissemination, news and related mattersBanking, insurance, takaful and stock marketCommunity credit (pawnshop and Ar-Rahnu)E-commerce and information technologyExtraction, distilling, storage, supply and distribution of fuel and lubricantsHotels (only for purposes of quarantine, isolation, work for essential services and not for tourists)Critical construction, maintenance and repairsForestry services (limited to enforcement) and wildlifeLogistics limited to delivery of essential services  
Ismail said factories have also been ordered to shut down except those on the approved list, and operations are allowed only at 60 percent capacity.

The full list of factories under the manufacturing sector allowed to operate is as follows:
Aerospace including maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO)Food and beveragePackaging and printing materialsPersonal care products and cleaning suppliesHealthcare and medical care including dietary supplementPersonal Protective Equipment (PPE) including rubber gloves, and fire safety equipmentMedical equipment componentsElectrical and electronicsOil and gas, including petrochemical and petrochemical productsChemical productsMachinery and equipmentTextiles for manufacturing of PPE onlyProduction, distillation, storage, supply and distribution of fuels and lubricantsAside from manufacturers, Ismail said selected factories under the agriculture, fishery, plantation, commodities and construction sectors are also allowed to operate at optimum capacity, along with its supporting services.
He added that the limited opening hours from 8am to 8pm for businesses listed as essential services will be enforced nationwide in all states without any exception.


Complete list: Sectors allowed to operate

 

Complete list: Sectors not allowed to operate

 - Mkini

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