Covid-19: Sabah promotes e-wallet payments as safer alternative to cash

By MUGUNTAN VANAR

KOTA KINABALU: The state government is encouraging people to use e-wallets for daily transactions in an effort to check any possibility of Covid-19 virus spreading via cash transactions.

Assistant minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Jimmy Wong said that cashless transactions could help in containing the spread of the virus.

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Covid-19 , Coronavirus , E-wallet , Cashless transaction

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