Malaysian childcare centres are keeping children safe amid the pandemic

As part of the government’s new ruling, children going to childcare centres must wear a face mask and clean their hands with hand sanitiser to stay safe from the Covid-19 virus. — Jacquita Gonzales

When the government announced that childcare centres could reopen from June 2, working mother Jamie Tan was relieved.

For the past two weeks, Tan, who works in marketing in Kuala Lumpur, has been sending her two children – Travis Entaban, seven, and Jada Entaban, five – to their childcare centre in Mutiara Damansara, Petaling Jaya.