Hoping for a better year ahead

Making do: (from left) Pavitra Asok, 27, Nor Amirshah Mohd Nor, 27, and Lim Yan Nee, 45, taking a wefie in front of a digital billboard outside the Sunway Pyramid shopping centre in Petaling Jaya to deliver their greetings to loved ones. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their hope that the arrival of a Covid-19 vaccine can flatten the pandemic curve and break the virus transmission chain in Malaysia.

Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said the King and Queen hoped the people would remain patient and resolute in facing the pandemic, and prayed for the country’s recovery.