MALAYSIANS can exercise and play sports again but with restrictions under the conditional movement control order starting May 4.

Prime Minister Muhiyiddin Yassin today announced this today in a special Labour Day address on TV.

Sports that involve large crowds, physical contact and other features that raise the risk of infection remain barred, he said.

“This includes football, rugby, swimming and all other sporting events indoors and at the stadium,” he said.

“But you can play badminton,” he said. Similar sports such as tennis are allowed but without spectators.

He said outdoor sports that do not involve body contact and mass assembly are allowed.”

“Jogging, biking, golf and running in small groups of not more than 10 people are also allowed provided you practise social distancing and avoid body contact.”

All forms of assembly are banned . This includes social gatherings such as for feasts, open houses, concerts and cultural performances and work meetings such as the monthly government service assembly and all forms of council inauguration and congress.

He said religious activities such as parades and congregating for prayers and worship at the mosque, temple and church are forbidden. – May 1, 2020.