Help with mass Covid-19 screening or face action, employers told


PUTRAJAYA: Employers have been urged to cooperate with the government in its mass Covid-19 screening exercise or risk court action.

Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pic) said companies would suffer if their businesses were ordered to be closed if an employee was infected by the virus.

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