KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 6 -- Travel restrictions to curb the spread of Covid-19 have put several Singaporean families in a tight spot as the closed borders made it harder to arrange for Malaysian nannies to care for their newborns during confinement.

In an article today, Singapore-based news agency Channel News Asia (CNA) detailed the struggles of new and expecting mothers in the republic as they try to secure the services of Malaysian nannies from confinement agencies who are said to be preferred for priced reasonably relative to their experience.

According to the report, the confinement agencies too are struggling to cope with soaring demand amid the pandemic.

Like many other countries, Malaysia and Singapore underwent a lockdown that la...