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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 7 — The government has removed a limit on the number of people allowed to share the same table in restaurants under its conditional movement control order (CMCO) with immediate effect.
The restriction removal is among several other new standard operating procedures listed by the National Security Council (NSC) in its official Facebook account.
However, the NSC said diners must continue to maintain a one-metre physical distance from each other.
“Restaurants and eateries are allowed to operate through dine-in (with a physical distancing of one metre between customers, according to the size of the table), takeaway, delivery or drive-through with compliance under the food and beverage sector SOP,” it said.
The new regulation is effective today until 11.59pm, December 20.
The CMCO for Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sabah including several districts in other states have been extended for another 14 days to December 20.
Despite the extension, the government has announced relaxation of travel restrictions with Malaysians no longer needing to ask for the police’s permission to travel to different districts within a state, or even from state to state from December 7 onwards.
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