Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said the government will continue to function during the nationwide emergency, stressing there has been no military coup.

"The emergency proclamation by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is not a military coup and curfew will not be enforced," he added in a televised address this morning.

The courts and the economy are also expected to carry on as usual.

Muhyiddin said the government needed certain powers to effectively combat the worsening Covid-19 pandemic.