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JOHOR BARU: The major spike of Covid-19 cases in Johor is due to the voluntary screenings carried out by employers on their foreign workers, which started last month. State Health And Environment Committee chairman R. Vidyananthan said that on Thursday (Jan 7), Johor once more recorded the highest number of new cases in Malaysia, with 1,103 cases. “From the figure, about 1,043 cases are from clusters and close contact screening actively carried out in the field, ” he said, adding that there...

H-1B foreign workers are thrilled about Joe Biden's coming into office as they hope Trump's reforms to the program will be thrown out. 

PUTRAJAYA (Bernama): Employers are required to provide quarantine centres to isolate their foreign workers who are confirmed Covid-19 positive, says Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.

They are also to bear medical costs, oversee welfare of workers during the period, says M. Saravanan.

BLACKROCK has criticised Top Glove’s board for failing to see to the health and safety of workers living in the glovemaker’s dormitories. Read more at The Business Times.

Keeping tabs: A health worker taking a nasal swab from a foreign worker in Kuala Lumpur. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star PETALING JAYA: As enforcement on the mandatory Covid-19 screening for foreign workers commenced on New Year’s Day, employers are calling on the government to consider periodic screening for both local and foreign workers owing to the increasing number of daily cases. Small-Medium Enterprises Association of Malaysia president Datuk Michael Kang said some members that had begun te...

National Security Council state director Sharifah Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof officially handing over responsibility for temporary detention depots in the state to Sabah Immigration Department director Datuk Muhamad Sade at a ceremony in Kota Kinabalu on Friday. KOTA KINABALU: The special task force that was in charge of Sabahs four temporary detention centres will not be disbanded although its operations have been handed over to the Immigration Department, says State National Security Council (...

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. On Thursday, the Social Security Organisation (Socso) revealed that only 8.5% of those in targeted areas had been screened. Socso also said it h...

GEORGE TOWN: The higher number of Covid-19 cases reported in Penang is due to the ongoing testing of foreign workers.

State NSC director Sharifah Sitti Saleha Habib Yussof officially handing over responsibility for the temporary detention depots in the state to Sabah Immigration Department director Datuk Muhamad Sade at a ceremony in Kota Kinabalu on Friday. KOTA KINABALU: The operations of all four temporary detention centres for illegal immigrants in Sabah will now come under the jurisdiction of the state Immigration Department. State National Security Council (NSC) director Sharifah Sitti Saleha Habib Yusso...