Second virus wave dashes Sabah hopes for quick return to profitability


Khoo Gek San

Hotels and tour operators face a spate of booking cancellations as the Covid-19 situation worsens in Sabah. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, September 30, 2020.

BUSINESSES in Sabah are experiencing a second downturn just as they were picking up, as the number of Covid-19 infections in the state continue to grow.
 
With the lifting of the improvement control order (MCO) in early June, things were looking up for commerce and industry and expected to get even better by the end of the year.

This was upended by a spike in coronavirus cases in the state and the various sectors are once again bracing for hard times.


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  • If not for the coup, Sabah would not be in the doldrums now. Politicians dont care about anyone or anything except themselves and their own survival.

    Posted 3 years ago by Elyse Gim