BUTTERWORTH: Factories here have dived throat-first into the on-site polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing using the Deep Throat Saliva method.
The move to allow mass screening of manufacturing sector workers in Penang using the Deep Throat Saliva method is to help contain Covid-19 cases before new clusters form in the sector.
Menara Kerjaya Fastening Sdn Bhd general manager Sim Saw Beng said all 111 of his workers, including himself, will be tested at his factory.
His is the fifth factory in the state to test workers since the initiative started on Saturday (May 22).
Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) Penang chairman Datuk Jimmy Ong said there are 400,000 factory workers in the state.
Businesses now agree that stricter MCO is necessary BERNAMA
PETALING JAYA: The unrelenting advance of the Covid-19 assault has forced businesses to soften their opposition to tighter controls.
In a step back from an earlier resistance to more drastic measures, some businesses have now come out in support of a stricter movement control order (MCO) to curb the spread of infections.
The Federation of Malaysian Business Associations (FMBA) conceded that the crisis has reached a point where measures to save lives should take precedence over making profits.
“It is better to suffer some losses now and still have the capability to recoup in the future, rather than let the situation drag on (indefinitely),” FMBA pro-tem chairman Datuk Abdul Malik Abdullah told
Thursday, 20 May 2021 02:51 PM MYT
BY RADZI RAZAK
A general view of traffic in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur amid the movement control order on March 18, 2020. Picture by Firdaus Latif
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 De facto law minister Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan reportedly said the National Security Council (NSC) will deliberate tomorrow on whether to implement “total lockdown” in the face of rising Covid-19 cases and deaths in the country.
Several local media reported that Takiyuddin said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will chair the NSC meeting on the matter tomorrow.
Manufacturers call for stricter SOPs, not total lockdown
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The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has called on the government to impose stricter standard operating procedures (SOPs) instead of a total lockdown.
It said a movement control order (MCO) that is a total lockdown, whether nationwide or in states like Selangor, could.
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PETALING JAYA: A full Covid-19 lockdown would devastate and stifle the recovery of the already badly affected economy, say two major business associations.