The COVID Project
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The record
- Jurisdiction
- Malaysia
- Level
- Foreign government
- Authority
- Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342); Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021
- Issued
- 2021-05-28 May 28, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-06-01
- End
- Phased under the National Recovery Plan (Phase 2 from July 2021 in some states; Phase 3-4 for others from September-October 2021); the 60 percent essential-manufacturing workforce cap ran from June 1 to Aug. 15, 2021, replaced by vaccination-rate-based capacity from Aug. 16, 2021 (read as 2021-08-15)
- In force
- June 1, 2021 to Aug. 15, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureCapacity limitSupply chain
- Addressees
- all persons and businesses in Malaysia
- manufacturers (MITI approval and workforce caps)
- Functions reached
- SC semiconductor packaging and test; electronic components; gloves
- PF U.S. automotive and electronics plants dependent on Malaysian back-end capacity
- Collection
- Foreign governments' orders (context) FOR
Operative words
Not read.
Enforcement
Act 342; Emergency Ordinance
Notes
The June-August 2021 Malaysian closures and workforce caps are the proximate foreign event in the third-quarter 2021 semiconductor shortage that the Department of Commerce called 'ongoing' on Sept. 24, 2021 (Ex. ECO-A-077); plead through the United States' own records (Exs. ECO-A-077, ECO-A-107).