KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 16 factories, 49 business premises and a construction site were ordered to close for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) on Thursday (July 22).

       Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the compliance operation task force conducted inspections on 1,756 factories, 16,010 business premises, 776 construction sites and 256 workers' hostels on Thursday.

       "The government has stepped up total enforcement on such premises as frequent violations occurred," he said in a statement on Friday (July 23).