Pictures show people flocking to supermarkets to buy groceries, even though stores selling essentials will remain open throughout the lockdown. "Lockdown or no lockdown, the queue will still be long because we have so many restrictions in place. In Penang, a local supermarket had a long queue outside the entrance stretching for 200m. Meanwhile in Perak, a long queue formed outside an Ipoh Garden hypermarket as people here try to get necessities before the nationwide lockdown comes into effect. This follows the announcement by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on Friday (May 28) that a total lockdown nationwide will be in effect from June 1 to 14.

Source: The Star May 29, 2021 04:41 UTC