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Major cinema operator GSC announced today that it will reopen some of its outlets in various parts of Malaysia next week, as authorities begin to ease closure restrictions in places like Malacca, Penang and Putrajaya.
Among the nine branches it will reopen are its location in Penang’s Gurney Plaza and the Alamanda Mall in Putrajaya. In eastern Malaysia, the chain of cinemas will reopen at Sarawak’s Cityone Megamall.
“We will reopen 9 locations beginning December 16, 2020 at 6:00 PM”, GSC Cinemas wrote on Facebook today. GSC ran 36 cinemas in Malaysia.
Lockdown restrictions in most of Selangor, parts of Johor, as well as Negeri Sembilan, Kedah, and Perak began to ease today, meaning family entertainment venues such as cinemas can operate again, subject to conditions. safe distance. Kuala Lumpur and Sabah remain under the Conditional Movement Control Order, which has been extended until December 20.
The government also lifted the inter-state and inter-district travel ban, except in areas under a reinforced lockdown, where infection rates are high. Once the ban was lifted, Malaysians would no longer need permission from the police to travel through states or districts.
“Life must go on,” Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in his Press conference on Saturday. “According to our conversation with the Ministry of Health, interstate and interdistrict movement will be allowed throughout the country, except in the EMCO (Enhanced Movement Control Order) areas starting December 7.”
Malaysia has recorded a total of 72,694 COVID-19 cases since the outbreak began in February, with 1,335 new infections yesterday. The death toll stands at 382.
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