KUALA LUMPUR - While Malaysia is seeing hopeful signs that it is slowly winning the battle to break the chain of coronavirus infections, uncertainty hangs over its large group of migrant workers.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KUALA LUMPUR - While Malaysia is seeing hopeful signs that it is slowly winning the battle to break the chain of coronavirus infections, uncertainty hangs over its large group of migrant workers.
The possibility of a fresh wave of Covid-19 infections among migrant workers is"of grave concern to us", Ms Glorene Das, executive director of the Tenaganita women and labour rights organisation, told The Straits Times. So far, of the 5,425 cumulative total cases reported yesterday, only around 11 per cent involve non-Malaysians, according to data from the Health Ministry.
The call to conduct tests on migrant workers grew louder recently following the surge in new cases in Singapore mostly affecting low-wage migrant workers.
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