Latest CMCO / PKPB SOP : 12 March 2021 Edition!

Here is the latest MKN SOP on what’s allowed and what’s not allowed, from 10 March 2021 onwards!

For RMCO / PKPP SOP, please see RMCO / PKPP SOP : 12 March 2021 Edition

 

No More MCO, Now CMCO + RMCO Until 18 March 2021!

Starting 5 March, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Penang and Johor will no longer be under MCO (Movement Control Order).

They will join Negeri Sembilan, Johor, Kedah, Perak and Kelantan as states under CMCO (Conditional Movement Control Order).

Melaka, Pahang, Terengganu, Sabah, Putrajaya and Labuan will join Perlis as states under RMCO (Recovery Movement Control Order).

On 9 March, MKN announced that the island of Langkawi would be placed under RMCO starting 10 March 2021.

CMCO / PKPB	RMCO / PKPP
Kuala Lumpur Selangor Penang Johor Negeri Sembilan Kedah (except LangkawI) Perak Kelantan	Melaka Pahang Terengganu Perlis Sabah Putrajaya Labuan Langkawi island

The new CMCO and RMCO restrictions will extend from 5 March until 18 March 2021.

If you are wondering about Sarawak, it is still under CMCO / PKPB, which was extended earlier to 15 March 2021.

 

Latest CMCO / PKPB SOP : 12 March 2021 Edition

Here is the new, updated MKN SOP on what’s allowed and what’s not allowed in CMCO / PKPB areas from 10 March 2021 onwards :

TRAVEL

• Travel within the CMCO / PKPB area is allowed.
• Kuala Lumpur and Selangor are considered one zone, and travel between them is allowed.
• Travel to other CMCO areas, RMCO areas, or EMCO areas is FORBIDDEN, except with police permission.
• Private vehicles are allowed to carry passengers up to their maximum licensed capacity. However, vulnerable individuals and children are not encouraged to go out to public, open and crowded areas.
• Goods and services vehicles are allowed to carry people up to their maximum licensed capacity.
• Travel of private, government and company vehicles for commuting to work and official business is permitted, up to vehicle capacity.
• All activities and services at all airports and ports are allowed.
• Public transportation such as public bus, express bus, LRT / MRT / ERL / monorail, ferry, airplanes, taxis / e-hailing vehicles are allowed, according to their licensed capacity.
• Food delivery services are allowed to operate from 6 AM until 12 midnight.
• Interstate travel for couples in long-distance marriage is allowed with police permission.

ACTIVITIES WITHIN CMCO / PKPB AREAS

• All business / economic / industrial activities are allowed to operate.
• Supermarkets, shopping malls and retail stores are allowed to operate from 6 AM until 12 midnight.
• Restaurant, food stall, cafe, food truck, hawker, street vendor, food court, hawker centre, food kiosk, grocery shop, convenience store are allowed to operate from 6 AM until 12 midnight.
• Restaurant and cafe are allowed to offer dine-in service (1 metre distance between customers), take-away, delivery or drive-through from 6 AM until 12 midnight.
• Daily market, wholesale market, farmer’s market, night market and late night bazaar are allowed to operate until 12 midnight.
• Petrol stations are allowed to open from 6 AM until 12 midnight. Those on highways can operate 24 hours.
• Laundry services are allowed from 6 AM until 12 midnight.
• Spa, reflexology, massage, wellness services, including pedicure and manicure services, are allowed from 6 AM until 12 midnight.
• All other business operations offering daily necessities are allowed from 6 AM until 12 midnight.

MEDICAL SERVICES

• Private and public clinics and hospitals are allowed to operate 24 hours a day.
• Pharmacies and drugstores are allowed to operate from 8 AM until 12 midnight.

HEALTH PROTOCOL FOR BUSINESS PREMISES

• Premise / business owners must ensure there is a 1 metre physical distance between customers at the entry and exit points of their premises.
• Hand sanitisers must be provided at entry points, and customers must use them before entering.
• Premise / business owners must provide the MySejahtera QR code and a logbook for registering customers.
• Registration using MySejahtera app is mandatory in areas with Internet coverage. Exceptions will be given to areas with no Internet coverage, like rural areas.
• Premise / business owners must ensure that customers check in using MySejahtera or write their names and telephone numbers into the logbook and scan their body temperature. Those with body temperature exceeding 37.5 degrees Celsius are NOT ALLOWED to enter the premise.
• Premise / business owners must ensure that only customers with Low Risk status in MySejahtera are allowed to enter their premise.
• Premise / business owners must limit the number of customers within their premises to ensure a 1 metre radius at all times, and publicly list the maximum number of people allowed in their premise.
• All workers, suppliers and customers must wear face masks correctly while they are inside the premise.
• There must be good ventilation at all premises.
• It is MANDATORY to wear face masks in all crowded public places, except these places / activities :
  – your own home, with your own family members
  – hotel room / paid accommodation, with your own family members
  – your own work space
  – indoor and outdoor sporting activities
  – your own vehicle, with your own family members
  – indoor and outdoor public areas, without other individuals
  – eating and drinking at public areas, without other individuals

WORK ACTIVITIES

• Travel in and out of CMCO / RMCO areas for work is allowed, with employer’s letter or work pass.
• Travel into EMCO areas is FORBIDDEN.
• The number of public sector workers permitted is based on the JPA circular.
• The private sector is limited to 30% of their Management team, and a limit set by the employer for their Operations team.
• Vehicles ferrying workers, including private vehicles, are allowed to operate.

SPORTS + RECREATION

• All individual and team sport and recreational activities are SUBJECT to the Sports & Recreational SOP.
• State and community competitions and championships are allowed, with the permission of the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS).
• National competitions and championships that involve interstate travel (like MFL, MHL and STL) are allowed, with police permission, and without spectators / supporters.
• Sponsorship of any national or international competition or championship MUST obtain permission from the Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS).
• Phased Centralised Training Programs for teams involved in MFL, MHL and STL through home / camp quarantine is allowed.
• Centralised Training Programs by the National Sports Council and state sports councils using camp quarantine are allowed.
• Group sports or recreational activities WITHOUT PHYSICAL CONTACT, with 50% capacity limit, physical distancing and supervision, is allowed,

INDUSTRIAL + ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

• All industrial and economic activities can operate as usual, according to the SOP.
• Interstate and inter-district travel is permitted for all vehicles used for business, industry and manufacturing activities.

FISHING, PLANTATION + FARMING

• The fishing, farming, plantation, livestock and related food chain industries are allowed to operate as normal.

RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES

• Activities at mosques and suraus are allowed, with attendance limit set by the state religious authorities.
• Activities in non-Islamic houses of worship are allowed, with attendance limit set by the Ministry of National Unity or the Ministry of Federal Territories.

CREATIVE INDUSTRY

• All events, shows, performances, live music and live band activities in hall, auditorium, art premise, convention centre, studio, stadium and hotel lounge are allowed with audience at 50% of venue capacity.
• Events are limited to special and licensed locations like convention centres, galleries, trade centres, art premises and other licenced MICE premises.
• Lounge hotel performance is allowed with audience limited to 50% of venue capacity and physical distancing.
• The number of management staff, artistes, and crew are limited to 70% of usual capacity.
• Music, animation, film, drama and documentary production, inside and outside the studio, are allowed.
• Live television programs, inside or outside a studio, are allowed with audience at 50% of venue capacity and physical distancing.
• Busking activities at cafeteria, food court, food stores and shopping mall are allowed.
• Cinemas and drive-in theatres are allowed.

CHILD + SENIOR CARE

• Childcare centres, kindergartens and daycare facilities are allowed to operate, with permission by the relevant ministry / agency.
• Parents sending their children to childcare, kindergarten or daycare are allowed to use vehicles up to the licensed capacity.
• Daycare facilities for the disabled, senior citizens, women and all other care facilities are allowed to operate.

EDUCATION

• Public and private schools, higher education institutes, training institutes, tahfiz centres, kindergarten, tuition centres, language centres, skill centres, enrichment centres and all other educational institutes are allowed to operate.
• Candidates for SPM 2020 and 2021, STPM, SVM, STAM, SKM, DVM and entry assessment for special schools (Form 1 and Form 4) and international examinations are allowed to travel into any MCO / CMCO / RMCO areas, with letters from the Ministry of Education.
• Lecturers and teachers are allowed to travel, with letters from Ministry of Education or Ministry of Higher Education.
• Boarding school students must obtain permission letters from their institutes for interstate travel.

MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions and Exhibitions)

• All business events involving meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions are allowed to operate at 50% of premise capacity.
• They must ensure physical distancing, the wearing of face masks, and compliance with the MICE SOP.
• Face-to-face meeting for official or work reasons in office, hotel and other venues are allowed, subject to physical distancing, wearing of face masks and up to 50% of the room capacity.
• Video conferencing for meetings is encouraged.

TOURISM + CULTURE

These domestic tourism activities are allowed to operate at 50% of the premise’s capacity, with physical distancing, wearing of face masks and compliance with SOP :

• Tourist attractions like zoo, farm, aquarium, edutainment centre, recreation park, extreme park, adventure park, nature park and so on.
• Art, culture and heritage sites like museum, library, art gallery, heritage centre, cultural performance and so on.
• Theme park and family entertainment centre

All other tourism and cultural activities, OTHER than those in the Negative List are subject to the Tourism and Cultural Sector SOP.

CELEBRATIONS

• Official and unofficial, public and private, events and social gatherings such as feast, Akad Nikah, wedding, engagement, reception, aqiqah ceremony, tahlil, anniversary, birthday, reunion, retreat and so on, are allowed at up to 50% of premise capacity.
• Such events must ensure physical distancing, wearing of face masks and follow the Social Event SOP.

NEGATIVE LIST (FORBIDDEN ACTIVITIES)

• Pub and night club
• Concert or live event with audience
• Championship / competition WITHOUT permission from the Ministry of Youth and Sports
• Championship / competition with spectators
• Group activities with physical contact, with over 50% capacity, without supervision.
• Activities outside of the CMCO area, unless with permission.
• Mass and group activities that makes physical distancing impossible, like fun run, fun ride, marathon, triathlon and so on.
• Tourism outside of the CMCO area, or in an MCO / EMCO area.
• Overseas tourism.
• Domestic tourism involving foreign tourists, except those from permitted countries.
• Interstate travel without police permission.
• Any group activity that makes it difficult for physical distancing or compliance with DG Health orders.
• Any other matters that will be decided by the government from time to time.

 

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