Postcard from Zaharah: Masking a concern

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NSTopinion Students’ fear of getting infected on flight back home intensified by lack of mask supply.

Now, more and more people are wearing them despite the explanation by the British government that people who are well should not worry about wearing them. Nevertheless, it seems to give the wearer a sense of security and protection.There is the fear of getting infected during the long flight, with news that some students who came back from the United Kingdom testing positive of Covid-19 already being reported.

Intensifying the students’ worries are the fact that masks are scarce, with online orders taking weeks to arrive. With the help of Education Malaysia officers in London, the masks and gels were duly distributed. I carefully packed and posted the others for students in Cardiff, Sheffield, Coventry and London.

During lockdown, the post office is only opened on certain days and only one person is allowed in at a time with only three items each, no more. Others who benefitted from the Permaisuri’s generosity is a Malaysian lady whose husband suffered a stroke, which requires her to make frequent journeys to the hospital, knowing full well that it is a high-risk area for infection.

 

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