However, Mr Ibrahim told the Senate in Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday morning that PM Wong had told him the night before that he had contracted Covid and that the signing needed to be postponed to January. “He does not want to pass the infection to me and my wife,” the Malaysian Prime Minister added.

The signing was originally planned for during the annual Singapore-Malaysia Leader’s Retreat scheduled from Dec 8-9 in Malaysia’s administrative capital, Putrajaya.

Malaysia and Singapore will postpone next week’s signing to formalize a special economic zone in Johor, Malaysia Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Wednesday.