In this photo taken in December 2023, some of the visitors at the Penang Hill funicular train station are wearing masks, obviously erring on the side of caution against the still lurking Covid-19. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star
A colleague recently got sick and, after staying home a few days, sent me a voice message with a raspy voice and said: “It’s Covid, yo.”
And I indeed felt her pain.
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