• UPDATED 4.03PM | Added comments from Ismail Sabri on interstate travel.

CORONAVIRUS | Defence Ministry Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government has agreed in principle to allow big mosques to reopen to the public as long as they can maintain social distancing within the mosque.

However, this is subject to the states’ rulers and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong who are in charge of Islamic affairs in the states and the country respectively, he said.