KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 -- After two months of not being allowed to operate, some barbers in the capital have taken to making house-calls in order to keep food on the table.

Checks on social media platforms like Instagram show a few advertising their house-call services, promising customers they are in healthy condition, in addition to wearing masks and gloves.

In a bid to convince customers, some barbers have also taken to display so-called "Covid-19 certification" by American company King Research Inc that supplies barber products under the brand Barbicide, signed by the president of the company Alan Murphy.

However, checks by Malay Mail showed that in order to "receive" the certification, one would only need totake a course on Barbicid...