KUALA LUMPUR (May 23): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged the public to practise self-lockdown so as to prevent a sudden surge in Covid-19 infections, with cases currently exceeding 6,000 daily. Do your own lockdown, stay at home, and tell others to do the same thing. Insya Allah, we will win," he said in a "Special Discussion on the Challenges of Covid-19 with the Prime Minister" broadcast over RTM and Bernama TV tonight. If we do that (close all economic sectors), we will have a big problem, then the country won't be able to recover." The six stimulus packages previously announced by the government were the Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (PRIHATIN) involving RM250 billion in March 2020 and the Additional Prihatin Rakyat Economic Stimulus Package (Additional PRIHATIN) of RM10 billion in April 2020.

Source: The Edge Markets May 23, 2021 15:11 UTC