A Malaysian mother who is residing in Singapore brings her frozen breastmilk to be delivered back to Malaysia for her child, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
JOHOR BARU (Reuters): Before the outbreak of Covid-19, Malaysian accountant Jazerel See used to travel regularly between Johor and Singapore where she worked, going home once a week to her parents and her seven-month-old boy.
But after Malaysia banned citizens from travelling overseas in mid-March in a bid to stem the coronavirus outbreak, See and hundreds of other Malaysian women were cut off from their families if they wished to continue working, and unable to breastfeed their newborn children.
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A Malaysian mother who is residing in Singapore brings her frozen breastmilk to be delivered back to Malaysia for her child, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Malaysian fathers who are residing in Singapore prepare to check in their spouses' frozen breastmilk to be delivered back to Malaysia for their children, amid Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker piles up boxes of frozen breastmilk to be delivered to Malaysia by mothers residing in Singapore amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A worker wraps up boxes of frozen breastmilk to be delivered back to Malaysia from mothers residing in Singapore, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A Malaysian mother who is residing in Singapore checks in her frozen breastmilk to be delivered back to Malaysia for her child, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
A Malaysian mother who is residing in Singapore brings her frozen breastmilk to be delivered back to Malaysia for her child, amid the Covid-19 outbreak in Singapore May 11, 2020. Picture taken May 11, 2020. REUTERS/Edgar Su
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