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02 Jul 2021 / 09:30 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: “Will go through retrenchment, again . Be strong,” wrote journalist Zulaikha Rahim on her Facebook status, recently.
Her message was short and terse but it spoke volumes of the feeling of gloom that enveloped her.
Up to June 2 this year, she considered herself as a member of the M40 (Middle 40 percent income) group but all that changed in a wink of an eye when her company retrenched her, along with other staff, to save costs.
Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in March last year, this is the second time this 34-year-old mother-of-one is finding herself without a job. The first time was last year when she had to leave the company she worked for as she was not paid her salary for two months.
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PETALING JAYA: The nation’s Covid-19 infectivity rate will keep rising due to increasing active clusters and sporadic cases in the community unless people are vaccinated quickly and widely, say health experts.Universiti Putra Malaysia medical epidemiologist Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman said the rise in the infectivity rate, or the R-naught (R0) value, was expected as there were about 850 active clusters nationwide as of Monday.
She said active clusters had been increasing since April 4, when 359 were recorded. On May 5, the number of active clusters rose to 411 and on June 6, it climbed to 713.
“Even though we hope cases can be reduced through contact tracing and screening, some cases from ongoing clusters may have been left unchecked or escaped the screening. This subsequently introduces the infection to other settings.
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