TRADERS in Pulau Tikus Market, Penang, have decided it is better to be safe than sorry following the detection of Covid-19 cases there. They opted for voluntary closure starting yesterday although the Health Ministry had decided not to close the market. Pulau Tikus Market Traders Association chairman Lee Kok Boon, 58, said the closure would affect over 70 traders inside the market and by the road. “It is better to close now so that we can undergo swab tests and carry out sanitisation at the market. “We have arranged for some 100 traders, hawkers and business owners in this area to undergo swab tests.

Source: The Star September 27, 2021 01:07 UTC