With due dates looming and COVID-19 curbs, Malaysian expectant mums in Singapore faced with hard choices

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SINGAPORE: Chow Yan Mei and her husband, who are from Ipoh but working in Singapore, have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of their ...

SINGAPORE: Chow Yan Mei and her husband, who are from Ipoh but working in Singapore, have been eagerly anticipating the arrival of their firstborn.

With international travel discouraged and no flights and buses serving the Malaysia-Singapore route, they shudder at the thought of having to walk across the 1km causeway as their due dates become near.Malaysian expectant mums, some accompanied by husbands and family members, returning to Johor Bahru via a specially arranged coach.

READ: Undaunted by COVID-19 and border controls, Malaysian mums in Singapore send around 3,000kg of breast milk to babies back home A Causeway Link bus carrying 37 Malaysians, including expectant mothers and their family members, to the Johor Bahru checkpoint. A few appeared to be close to their delivery, he said. “Looking at the situation, I think it’s very likely the newborns will not be able to see their fathers until much later. I think it will be quite emotional for some of these women.”

READ: ‘It doesn’t feel like Hari Raya’ - Malaysia’s Ramadan vendors fret over slow sales amid COVID-19 “We met while waiting to be sent to the quarantine centre. They looked fine, but it’s very sad that they had to do this.

 

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