He said the health ministry has been instructed to conduct risk assessments for these states, with the two-week mark since the CMCO was first implemented coming to an end this Saturday.

“The health ministry is studying the number of cases, the infection rate … So the health ministry will present their findings this Friday. If they feel those states are safer, and that they can be considered green zones, then maybe the CMCO there will end.

“However, it still depends on the health ministry’s risk assessment. God-willing, in Friday’s press conference, I will announce it,” he said today.

The CMCO in Sabah, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Kedah, Penang, Perak, Negeri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor and Terengganu was implemented on Nov 9 and is supposed to end on Dec 6.

Ismail also said 315 people were arrested yesterday for offences related to the MCO, with 310 of them being fined, three remanded and two granted bail.

The majority of them were punished for failing to record customers’ personal details when entering shops (63), not wearing a mask (86) and not practising physical distancing (75).

Meanwhile, 39 were detained at entertainment centres while 23 were caught for trying to cross state or district borders without permission.

The authorities also detained 17 undocumented migrants and one smuggler yesterday as part of the ongoing Ops Benteng campaign. They also confiscated six vehicles.