Screenings held up due to limited clinic capacity


GEORGE TOWN: Employers should be given more time to carry out the mandatory Covid-19 screening of foreign workers, which was enforced on New Year’s Day.

State local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo urged the Federal Government to give employers more time because of the limited capacity of clinics and healthcare facilities in the state.

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