Thai workers return as Malaysia comes under lockdown

Many Thai workers have returned from Kelantan city in Malaysia through the Ban Taba immigration checkpoint, in Narathiwat province, after the country imposed a nationwide lockdown from March 18 to 31 as the Covid-19 crisis escalates.

Thai workers return as Malaysia comes under lockdown Malaysia announced the measure after confirmed cases in the country surpassed 500 on Monday, according to a Reuters report which also said that nearly two- thirds of the cases were linked to religious gatherings at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, attended by upto 16,000 people, during February 28 to March 1.

Thai workers return as Malaysia comes under lockdown Among the attendants, there were 1,500 foreigners while a Thai was confirmed to have contracted the virus at the event. Confirmed cases in Malaysia stand at 673 as of the latest report.

Thai workers return as Malaysia comes under lockdown
At the Thai-Malaysian border, traders said the lockdown had deprived them of Malaysian customers, leaving just local clients.