Despite no Wuhan virus cases in Kachin State, border gates have come under scrutiny as Myanmar migrant workers return from China through illegal route, according to the Kachin State government.

"There has been no Wuhan virus case in Kachin State. But we are monitoring the border gates. Separate ambulances and camps are kept ready. People should not believe rumours. The government is acting on a timely basis. The Public Health Department is carrying out educative campaigns. We need not to be overly worried, but to stay alert," Kachin State Chief Minister Dr Khet Aung told The Daily Eleven.

Kachin State Security and Border Affairs Minister Colonel Nay Lin Tun also confirmed that route scrutiny is being conducted as Myanmar citizens return from China via illegal route.

Myanmar workers usually go to China holding a 14-day visa. When their visas become invalid, they have to come back through illegal route for renewal, local people said.

There are tens of thousands of Myanmar workers in China. But they have difficulty returning home via legal route, said a man who went to China in 2019 to work.

"They go to China officially. But on their return, their visas are already invalid. So they have to come back via illegal route.

On January 28, 624 Myanmar citizens and 31 Chinese entered Myanmar through Kanpaiktee border gate. Two of the Chinese citizens were handed over to China because they a temperature of 34 and 35 degrees centigrade respectively.

As Kachin State borders China, local people have raised their concern over the ongoing novel cornonavirus.