Filepic of some foreign workers waiting for their Covid-19 screening at a construction site in Bayan Lepas, Penang. The mandatory rule for all foreign workers to take the test came into force on Dec 1 last year.
PENANG government is calling for foreign workers’ Covid-19 testing to be expedited as the percentage of those screened so far is low.
Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the compulsory screening of factory workers, both citizens and non-citizens, should be tightened so that contact tracing and treatment could be done to break the chain of Covid-19 infections in the state.
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