BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN (Xinhua): Brunei will conduct Covid-19 laboratory tests randomly among migrant workers in the country, the Brunei government announced on Monday (April 6).
According to Brunei's Health Ministry, the latest Covid-19 case statistics show that 25 out of 135 cases detected in the country were foreigners, which includes some of the foreign workers in the sultanate.
"Therefore, the ministry will enhance the monitoring of the spread of Covid-19 in the country, especially among migrant workers in which the Health Ministry in collaboration with the Home Affairs Ministry will conduct laboratory tests at random among migrant workers in the country."
Selected employers will be contacted to bring the workers in for free tests, the health ministry added.
Brunei reported no new cases of Covid-19 on Monday, the second consecutive day without new cases since the first case was detected in the sultanate on March 9.
According to Brunei's Health Ministry, the total number of Covid-19 cases in Brunei remained at 135. Nine more patients have recovered, bringing the total recovered cases to 82.
Brunei's Home Affairs Ministry announced on Monday that Ramadan bazaars typically held at different locations across the country during the Muslim holy month, which is coming soon, will not be held this year, as part of measures to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Brunei's Religious Affairs Ministry also announced on Monday that the closure of all mosques, suraus and prayer halls has been extended for another week until April 13. - Xinhua
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