Malaysians express relief as tight Covid-19 curbs eased in Selangor and KL

Malaysian health workers leaving after completing their vaccination job at a house in Kuala Langat, outside Kuala Lumpur, on July 17, 2021. PHOTO: EPA-EFE
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KUALA LUMPUR - Beauty products wholesaler Lilyza Ismail was among those affected when the government imposed the strictest movement curbs in the country in large parts of Selangor, Malaysia's most populous state, and the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

She could not run her business for two weeks, an experience the 30-year-old described as "painful" and not only for her.

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