KUALA LUMPUR: Premises identified as potential Covid-19 hotspots through the Hotspots Identification for Dynamic Engagement (HIDE) system will be closed for three days with immediate effect.
"The enforcement activities (of the closure) on the premises would be carried out by the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry, local councils, the police and armed forces," Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a statement today.
The same applies to Ramadan bazaars that appear in the HIDE list.
The government today published the first list of premises flagged as potential Covid-19 hotspots through the HIDE system.
Most of the premises flagged as Covid-19 hotspots by HIDE are located in Selangor followed by Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Penang, Sarawak, Sabah, Putrajaya, Perak, Kelantan as well as one each in Melaka and Negri Sembilan.
The system was jointly developed by the Health Ministry and Bank Negara Malaysia where the publication of risky premises would help the public make reasonable travel plans and decisions before heading to a location.
Meanwhile, Ismail said whenever HIDE traced a locality as having recorded a spread of Covid-19, the government would make a risk assessment with the Health Ministry to temporarily close the locality in order for the Movement Control Order to be enforced.