IPOH, May 6 — All petrol stations in Perak are allowed to operate 24 hours a day with immediate effect following the implementation of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) on Monday.

This was announced in a short statement on the official Facebook page of the Perak State Secretariat today.

During phase one of the movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of Covid-19, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu announced that petrol stations in the state were allowed to operate between 7am and 7pm.

Their opening hours were then changed to 8 am to 8 pm during phase two of the MCO, which began on April 1. — Bernama