YOURSAY | Now, the onus is on us to strictly adhere to SOPs

YOURSAY | ‘We need to look for each other in exchange for our freedom of movement.’

Govt to end CMCO in most areas, cites RM300m per day loss to economy

Interstate, inter-district travel ban lifted among new SOPs

CMCO 3.0 (Dec 9): New guidelines, what you can and can't do

Pokokelapa: The CMCO (conditional movement control order) has failed to control the infection, which has resulted in community spread. How that happened is the people’s fault.

Now the floodgates are open with the easing of travel, dining and socialising. After a long stay at home, the exodus will start, especially with schools, institutions and universities closed.

Many who have accumulated leave since early this year will take time off to move around. I pity the frontliners, whose leaves are frozen and morale is low.

When the numbers were lower, we had a full clampdown with higher SOP (standard operating procedure) compliance and it worked. Learning from the earlier scenario seems not the way.

The Covid-19 infection will continue at a rate which will be alarming, and the sad part is that we all have to live with it. The battle is still on and casualties will be unpredictable.

Moreover, the vaccine will not be here for a few months and its success cannot be guaranteed, at least in the near term.

Pegasus: Had they quarantined the Sabah returnees, we wouldn’t have this CMCO or EMCO (enhanced MCO) and we wouldn’t be losing RM300 million a day.

It’s the incompetent government that is to be blamed.

Iphonezours: If the issue is the economy then the CMCO for Kuala Lumpur and Selangor should be lifted with EMCO instituted in targeted areas.

KL and Selangor are key economic hubs in Malaysia and this CMCO extension is in no way helping our economy.

Mugi: Indeed, substantial economic activities are in KL and Selangor. The bulk of RM300 million daily loss is mainly in these areas. What have you achieved, Senior Minister (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob by continuing CMCO there?

You are fully aware where the clusters are and the CMCO should be limited to those areas. Please have some common sense and intelligence. Don't burn the house down just because of a mosquito.

Velarooks: @Mugi, as a KL resident, it honestly feels like they have given up. Some malls here are quite packed.

I’ve seen whole families coming out of cars in malls and there are new cases reported all over the place. I don’t know how can you target lockdown/clusters at this point.

Newday: For a big city spread over a large area with clusters confined to specific areas, why is all of KL still under CMCO?

This blanket over the entire city of 5 million people is too much. It makes me wonder whether Covid-19 outbreak information is being disseminated to the public.

I am aware of a surau in my area that has been infected, via reliable local grapevine. There has been no mention of this at all in any press release or news conference.

Velarooks: Yes, I am in KL too. I don't see official information about these "other screening data" numbers. KL for the last few days has seen a high 80-120s in other screening cases outside known clusters.

I get building management notices shared on social media about nearby cases. It looks like Bukit Bintang had a fair number of positive cases recently but no media mention (two condos, Imbi Plaza, a bank, etc). This is my worry overall.

You want to lift the CMCO and allow more travel, then make sure the SOPs are followed.

I've barely seen any enforcement measures. The hawker area around my office in Pudu has a lot of non-mask-wearing staff. I don't see any checks during lunch hours.

Jetson: Let us be practical. We have been downgraded by Fitch Ratings. 

Within a few more weeks, billions of ringgit more will be lost. The business people will still be affected despite facing such rules and regulations.

It is time to open up the nation and remind the people to follow the SOPs strictly, especially the wearing of masks in public places and the washing of hands constantly.

Kamrul: MCO, CMCO, RMCO, EMCO, COCONUT, CUCUMBER. Five persons to a table? Two, then three, then no limit to persons to a car? Only two from the same house can leave the house?

All this formulated by the same man who started Low Yat 2 which failed miserably.

Anonymous 540: After listening to Ismail’s briefing, the conclusion is that travelling interstate and interdistrict is now allowed, except for those under EMCO.

The onus now is on individual and family responsibility in adhering to the Covid-19 SOPs.

You are encouraged, but it is not mandatory, to take a swab test before travelling to protect yourself and others.

No more police roadblocks or police permits needed nationwide except those EMCO areas which are deemed high risk.

To balance health and economic concerns, the onus is now on us to strictly adhere to the SOPs. In other words, be reckless at your own risk.

Avoiding spontaneous EMCO enforcement will depend on us looking out for each other in exchange for our freedom of movement and the normalisation of the economy.

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