Malaysia allows approved companies to run at full rates amid lockdown

The Malaysian government has allowed companies that have received the approval to operate during the Movement Control Order (MCO) to ramp up the operating rate to 100% starting 29 April 2020. 

The announcement comes as the country managed to flatten the COVID-19 outbreak curve that infected 5851 people here. The Malaysian government has been implementing a nationwide lockdown since 18 March 2020.  

The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) is requesting the government to allow more non-essential product manufacturers to resume operations at 50% capacities. 

According to local media reports, more than 300,000 companies have submitted applications to the government to operate during the MCO period, and a large number is still waiting for approval at the moment.