While Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah agrees that the government should be planning on how to slowly return life to normal for Malaysians after the movement control order (MCO), he feels it should postpone allowing barbershops and hair salons to operate.

“Of course we agree in terms of planning but in terms of implementation, there should be a postponement of at least two weeks.

“At least we can see in a week whether we can control the Covid-19 disease among the urban community,” he told reporters after a press conference at the Health Ministry in Putrajaya today.

He said the ministry will review the data in a week and see how the situation is like then.