28 Top Glove factories to be closed


Uncertain future: A worker collecting daily essentials near a Top Glove workers’ dormitory checkpoint at Taman Daya Meru in Klang. — KK SHAM/The Star

PETALING JAYA: A total of 28 factories belonging to Top Glove in Kapar, Klang, will be closed in stages following a surge in Covid-19 cases linked to the Teratai cluster.

“There are 1,067 cases there today (Monday) alone. The factories will be closed gradually so that their workers can be tested, ” said Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

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