Most foreign workers test negative


PUTRAJAYA: Covid-19 screenings carried out on more than 200,000 foreign workers since Dec 1 last year have yielded 4,151 positive test results, says Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, which is about 1.97% of the total.

He said that according to the Human Resources Ministry, 210,613 foreign workers involving 8,096 employers had been tested since December.

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