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Law may be amended to punish bosses who don’t screen workers

Ismail Sabri Yaakob says 17,000 foreign workers have been screened since Dec 1 of which 550 tested positive.

PETALING JAYA: Senior Minister for Security Ismail Sabri Yaakob has asked the Attorney-General’s Chambers to look into existing laws to see whether the authorities could take action against employers who do not cooperate with the government in conducting Covid-19 screenings for their factory workers.

He lamented the fact that there were still employers who were not cooperating on this matter.

“We urge employers to work together with the human resources ministry and the health ministry because there will be significant consequences to them if they fail to do so,” he said.

Ismail added that if any of their workers test positive, the authorities would automatically shut down their whole operation.

“So, it would be better for them to cooperate to avoid any cases involving their workers.”

So far, he said, 17,000 foreign workers have been screened since Dec 1.

He said 550 of them tested positive for Covid-19 and 16,450 were negative.

According to Ismail, 663 factories had been involved in this screening and 652 clinics had carried out these tests.

The government made it mandatory from Dec 1 to test all foreign workers working in all sectors nationwide with the RTK (rapid test kit) antigen test.

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