While Ramadan is one of the biggest events on the Muslim calendar, it marks no break for families like Kak Nani's which continue their daily struggle to put food on the table.

Many Sarawakians working in the peninsula have been saving their earnings as well as their leave in order to return to their home towns this festive season.

They are glad to be able to participate in the bazaar again after two years, and to meet up with their friends and fellow vendors once more.

Deputy Health Minister Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali says only 38% of children have been vaccinated so far.

But while things are better than they were during the movement control order periods, they are still not the same as they were before the onset of Covid-19.

Even as the country gears up for the fasting month and Hari Raya, families living below the poverty line find it difficult to plan beyond the next day.

The easing of restrictions follows a decline in Covid-19 cases in the Southeast Asian archipelago, which battled an Omicron-fuelled surge earlier this year.

Of the 105 deaths reported yesterday, he says the highest number was recorded among the unvaccinated across every age group.

Informal estimates indicate cases could be far higher than the nearly two million known infections, which is among Asia’s highest caseloads.

Worshippers have admitted to conducting religious activities during the movement control order without physical distancing and with the lights switched off to avoid detection.

Muslims in Malaysia from every walk of life prepare to mark another Raya under Covid-19 lockdown, observing age-old traditions as best they can according to health SOPs.

Authorities in Pakistan have turned a blind eye to religious gatherings, fearing a crackdown could ignite widespread confrontation in the deeply conservative Islamic republic.