Malaysia eases some coronavirus restrictions, most businesses to reopen next week
Mr Muhyiddin encouraged employers to allow working from home and for employees to come into the office on alternate days.
Sports activities that involve 10 people or fewer, such as running, badminton and cycling, will be allowed.This chart uses a logarithmic scale to highlight coronavirus growth rates. Read our explainer to understand what that means — and what we can learn from countries that have slowed the spread.The Prime Minister also said the Government had lost 63 billion ringgit from the movement and travel restrictions imposed over six weeks.
He said the country would have lost another 35 billion ringgit if the restrictions had been extended by a month. Malaysia has announced a stimulus package worth 250 billion ringgit to help cushion the economic blow from the outbreak
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