Malaysia lifts migrant worker ban, to reopen holiday island to foreigners

Reading Time: 2 minutes KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Malaysia will let foreign workers back into the country after an almost 16-month hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and allow some tourists back to its resort island of Langkawi, its prime minister said on Friday. The agreement reached by the government’s pandemic taskforce on foreign workers