Indonesia sees 513 migrant workers return from Malaysia


A few people wait for the airport train during the service's August 2018 launch at Kualanamu International Airport in Medan, North Sumatra. The government has quarantined more than 500 Indonesian migrant workers upon their repatriation last week from Malaysia. (instagram.com/kabandara/File)

Priagung Adhi Bawono, the head of the Medan Port Health Authority (KKP), said that each Indonesian migrant worker (TKI) had been accounted for and confirmed free of infection after testing negative for the virus upon their arrival at Kualanamu International Airport in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra.

“The preliminary results show that none of the [repatriated] domestic workers have any symptoms [of COVID-19]. They all tested negative, ” Priagung told The Jakarta Post on Saturday.

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