Severe Epidemic: Malaysia's Complete Lockdown Has Caused Many Factories To Suspend Operations

The outbreak in Malaysia is serious. After more than 8,000 new cases of new coronary pneumonia have been diagnosed in a single day, the Malaysian government announced the implementation of a comprehensive lockdown control order from June 1, 2021.

The first phase is expected to be implemented for two weeks (June 1 to June 14), and only necessary economic and service areas will be opened. The Malaysian government has opened up many companies to continue operating with 60% capacity. In order to comply with the government's anti-epidemic measures, from June 1st, companies such as Shimano and Kent are not allowed to reduce the production capacity of their Malaysian factories to 60%. In 1990, Shimano set up a factory in Malaysia, which mainly produces entry-level hubs, transmissions, wheels, pedals, flywheels and brakes. On June 10, the Malaysian government ordered all factories to be completely closed until at least June 14. However, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has not slowed down, and the local government decided to extend the first phase of the national lockdown order for 2 weeks to June 28.

Since Malaysia’s new crown pneumonia confirmed more than 8,000 cases per day before the implementation of the lockdown order, the Malaysian government’s goal is to reduce the number of infected patients per day to below 4,000. However, the number of new confirmed cases per day is still higher than 5,000. Therefore, the government has decided to extend the lockdown. time. According to news reports, since the outbreak of the epidemic, the cumulative number of confirmed cases in Malaysia has exceeded 640,000, and less than 4% of the population currently vaccinated.