Decision next week on easing of restrictions on those fully vaccinated

PETALING JAYA: The easing of restrictions on individuals who have been fully vaccinated against Covid-19 will be decided at the National Recovery Council meeting next week, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The prime minister said the proposed relaxation would serve as an incentive to benefit those who had completed the two-dose vaccination.

“After this, we will announce the details of the relaxation for those who have received two doses so that they would not continue to be tied down (by restrictions). There must be some advantage for them.”

He said this after visiting pharmaceutical company Pharmaniaga LifeScience Sdn Bhd here yesterday.

Muhyiddin said the relaxation might include permission to go shopping or travel across districts even though the Movement Control Order was in force.

This would be in line with the opening of more economic sectors, when states make the transition to Phase 2 of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), especially in the Klang Valley.

Muhyiddin said the government was focusing on the vaccination process in the Klang Valley in a bid to reduce the number of Covid-19 cases in these areas.

“We have set up a task force to, among others, ramp up vaccination in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor.

“Now we have a supply of three million vaccine doses for people in this region to ensure that a reduction (in new cases) in the next two or three weeks, so that it can enter Phase 2 of NRP soon,” he said.

However, people were reminded to adhere to standard operating procedures to curb the spread of Covid-19.