Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz has reassured that Malaysia will not implement a total lockdown on the economy even if the worst-case scenario comes true.

Instead, he said the government will continue to focus on enforcing a more stringent standard operating procedure (SOP), should the number of Covid-19 cases remain high in the country.

”Base on the current model, we believe the number of cases will go down.

“Assuming a worst-case scenario (did come true), it will not be a total lockdown on the economy; we will continue to focus on more...