400 virus cases, 8 deaths leave market traders on knife edge


Khoo Gek San

Fish traders at Kuala Lumpur wholesale market say they are willing to pay for their Covid-19 vaccinations, if only to speed up the process of attracting custom back to their stalls. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 10, 2021.

TRADERS at Kuala Lumpur wholesale market in Selayang are living in fear of contracting Covid-19 after 400 workers were infected, with eight of them succumbing to the virus last month.

Furthermore, despite reopening on May 18 after closing for the third time since the pandemic began, they told The Malaysian Insight business is not the same with many recording revenues plummeting by more than 50% compared with normal trading.


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  • Send a mobile truck there and vaccinate all
    Of them. With 4000 workers it should just be a one day job. We dont want infected people to handle our fruits and vegetables and fish. Perhaps this is another way the virus can spread to the community

    Posted 2 years ago by Elyse Gim