Malaysian students in the UK in a quandary

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NSTnation: As Britain warns of a possible extension of a lockdown until June, Malaysian students still in the country contemplating their unfinished work are put in a quandary. covid19 coronavirus

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Many, on the insistence of their parents, have bought tickets to go home fearing that the country will be in total lockdown or there will not be airlines to fly them home. Others are torn between making that decision and completing their coursework.

Intan, who is a self-funded student, added that three of her friends, who had earlier planned to stay on, are now planning to go back. She paid RM6,000 for a return ticket using a discount code. Britain’s Covid-19 death toll went up by 260 to 1,019 on Saturday in the worst day the country faced yet. A total of 17,089 people tested positive for the bug.

Another student who is still contemplating whether he should stay or go is Muhammad Badri Abdul Kudos, 36, a PhD scholar studying Molecular Microbiology at the University College London. He is a Higher Education Ministry student attached to the International Islamic University Malaysia. Minarni Mat Saad said she had been worried about her daughter, Amni Zulaikha Zamri, 22, who is doing Public Relations and Media Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.

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