Foreign workers in all sectors to be screneed for Covid-19, employers to foot bill

Following a Covid-19 outbreak at a construction site in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, over the weekend, the government has ordered foreign workers in all sectors to undergo health screening.

Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said employers would need to bear the cost of the screening and swab tests.

"There was an increase in Covid-19 cases over the past two days and this was found to have happened at a construction site with foreign workers (infected).

“To contain the outbreak, the Works Ministry has closed down the particular construction site.

“As a preventive measure, it was decided at the meeting earlier today that foreign workers in all sectors be it construction, nmanufacturing or commercial must undergo screening or swab tests,” he told a press conference in Putrajaya this afternoon.

Ismail, who is the minister in charge of the security cluster, said the screening would kick off in Selangor and the Federal Territories. -Mkini