Taking precautions: Presently, foreign workers are required to undergo medical check-ups three times over the first three years.
SEREMBAN: With foreign workers posing a communicable disease threat, the Health Ministry wants the previous policy of mandatory annual health checks to be reinstated.
A ministry official said the number of foreign workers seeking treatment for chronic ailments has continued to rise.
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