KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 — Top Glove Corporation Bhd (Top Glove) has been instructed to conduct Covid-19 screenings on 2,263 of its employees living outside the designated enhanced movement control order (EMCO) area, as well as to undergo quarantine for 14 days.
Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the move was to prevent the spread of the pandemic in community areas.
“Prior to this, they had dormitories for male and female workers and houses rented in areas which have been imposed with the EMCO, but many workers also live elsewhere. So we have instructed the company to screen these employees and quarantine them.
“Residents in the surrounding areas do not have to worry because Top Glove workers are screened and placed in quarantine centres,” he said during his daily press conference on Covid-19 here.
Ismail Sabri said all Top Glove employees who tested positive for Covid-19 were sent to the hospital while those negative were quarantined at the Gold Coast Hotel in Klang Sentral, and the stadium in Pandamaran.
