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In a live national address today, Muhyiddin said that the control order is made under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 and the Police Act 1967.

The measures include shutdown of houses of worship and business premises, except for supermarkets, public markets, and convenient stores. Also prohibited are all mass gatherings including religious, sports, social and cultural activities.

This includes Friday prayers, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Matters) Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri.

Muhyiddin said all ministries and relevant agencies will have a meeting this evening, to be followed by live broadcast by him at 9pm.

"For employees who have critical roles and are required to be physically present at the office or other facilities, Celcom will implement necessary measures and standard operating procedures based on business continuity management (BCM) guidelines, including resource planning, and continue with daily premise sanitisation works, workplace hygiene checks and safety measures on top of the telco’s ongoing precautions."

Justice Rozina decided to recuse herself from hearing the case as her brother Datuk Norazman Ayob, who is a 1MDB director, is also a potential witness in the case.

The revision comes at a time when it forecasts Genting Bhd’s near-term capital expenditure to peak in 2020.

He said his family company Tadmansori Holdings had strong fundamentals and has a paid-up capital of RM100 million today, from RM100,000 when it was founded back in 1984.

Their collective worth of US$79 billion (RM329 billion) was down 7% year-on-year.

Najib said this is due to support from Bersatu, Umno, PAS and GPS.

The relief measures include deferment of monthly repayment, rescheduling and restructuring of financing as well as extension of due date on revolving facilities.