Penang begins screening foreign workers


Bangladeshi construction workers chatting while preparing their lunch inside their container cabin kongsi at the construction site in Jalan Datuk Koyah in George Town, Penang. — Filepic

SOME 3,000 foreign workers living in dormitories have been screened following the mandatory Covid-19 exercise effective Dec 1.

Penang local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said he would conduct spot checks on the said dormitories today.

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