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Title MALAYSIA DELAYS DEPORTATION OF UNDOCUMENTED INDONESIAN MIGRANT WORKERS
Media Name antaranews.com
Pub. Date 21 Maret 2020
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Alhamdulillah (Thank God), according to the latest information we have received,
the deportation has been delayed Tanjung Selor, N Kalimantan - The Malaysian
authorities in Sabah have delayed the deportation of several undocumented
Indonesian migrant workers through the Nunukan Port in North Kalimantan
Province, according to a local government official.
"Alhamdulillah (Thank God), according to the latest information we have received,
the deportation has been delayed," deputy head of the Steering Committee of the
North Kalimantan COVID-19 Task Force Team, Datu Ramadhan, said here on
Saturday.
Before they received information of the delayed deportation, the COVID-19 task
force had coordinated with the Nunukan District Workforce Office on precautionary
coronavirus arrangements for the migrant workers, he said.
The delayed deportation might be related to the lockdown that the Malaysian
Government implemented recently in a bid to contain the spread of the new
coronavirus disease in the country, he added.
COVID-19, which initially struck the Chinese city of Wuhan at the end of December,
2019, has claimed the lives of at least 9,840 people and infected no less than
234,073 individuals in 176 countries and territories worldwide, according to the
World Health Organization (WHO).
In Indonesia, as of Saturday, the virus had infected 450 people and claimed 38
lives, while 20 patients recovered and were discharged from hospitals. The death
rate in Indonesia is the highest among countries in Southeast Asia.
Related news: COVID-19 cases increase by 81, death toll reaches 38 Taking into
account the rising death toll and the spread of the virus, the WHO has declared the
coronavirus outbreak a global pandemic.
The Indonesian government has put precautionary measures in place since the early
stages of the coronavirus outbreak.
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