Its enforcement director Azman Adam said based on monitoring carried out by enforcement division officers, the supply of basic necessities is adequate.

“As such, the ministry would like to advise consumers to make purchases as they normally do and in necessary quantities only.

“Any change in consumer behaviour, such as making sudden and large purchases, will cause disruption, especially to the local supply chain. This will trigger a panic situation among consumers when in fact it is not due to supply problems,” he said in a statement today.

On May 10, Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin announced the implementation of MCO 3.0 nationwide from May 12 to June 7.

Recently though, there has been strong speculation of a stricter lockdown due to the increasing number of Covid-19 cases. In the last three days, there have been more than 6,000 cases per day.

Azman said the ministry conducts daily inspections throughout the country to ensure there are enough supplies, especially during MCO.

He said enforcement officers have also been monitoring 2,711 dedicated district retailers, 1,039 dedicated district wholesalers and 233 dedicated district manufacturers.

“So far, supply disruptions at the producer and manufacturer levels have not been detected,” he said.