Traders concerned over frequent market closures


By CY LEE

The Raja Bot wet market in Chow Kit was closed for a week by DBKL in July. — Filepic

THE high number of Covid-19 cases within the community has left Klang Valley market traders in a bind because of frequent closures.

Despite vaccination going at full steam, positive cases abound at wet markets, with Section 17 and SS2 markets in Petaling Jaya as well as the facilities in Raja Bot and Jalan Kelang Lama in Kuala Lumpur having to close.

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