Penang tightens Covid-19 rules for six sectors
State Exco Jagdeep Singh Deo speaks during a press conference in George Town April 10, 2020. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
“We made it more stringent here, we have informed the state security council about this and there were no restrictions for us to tighten the SOPs,” he said. Jagdeep said the state government will formally notify the federal government of its deviation from the prescribed SOPs.
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