Brunei to conduct random Covid-19 tests for foreign workers


Brunei's Home Affairs Minister Dr Awang Abu Bakar Apong. - Borneo Bulletin

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.

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