When work calls

Nur Shafiqah Ali, 25, hypermarket cashier

When the Covid-19 crisis comes to an end, this experience will leave everyone with better awareness of hygiene. For us cashiers, who may encounter close to 1,000 customers in every shift, the risk of infection is high. As such the management has required us to sanitise our hands after every three customers. But even before that, some cashiers on our own initiative sanitise our hands at the start and end of every shift.

Nursan Jainulla, 62, taxi driver

The movement control order (MCO) has severely affected the income of taxi drivers. Luckily, of my five children, only the youngest one needs supporting in terms of university fees. Currently, he is living at the university dorm. I am not worried about his safety as I know he is getting food and accommodation. I am only worried about making payments for his semester fees. But I know I am not the only one with this problem. Though the MCO is the cause of my financial troubles, I don’t resent it. If the government did nothing, the spread will be worse and more people will die.