KUALA LUMPUR: There is a need to balance between lives and livelihoods in the implementation of MCO 3.0, says Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said this was why the government decided not to impose a total lockdown such as MCO 1.0 as it would affect the people’s livelihoods and many would lose their jobs. “If the people do not work, the economy would collapse and to redevelop it, the government had to spend RM340bil with six stimulus packages,” he said. "We can close (all economic sectors), but when it reopens later, the system may collapse because we have to reopen i-Sinar, give Prihatin assistance, moratorium and others. I also don't want our economy to collapse," he said, adding that because of that, the government decided to tighten the SOPs of MCO 3.0.

Source: The Star May 23, 2021 14:03 UTC