Sarawak now weeding out ‘sick’ foreign workers


Desmond Davidson

The Sarawak government has ordered all oil palm plantations and mills to submit the names of their foreign workers for health screening to avoid a shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic similar to what happened in Sabah. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 25, 2020.

SARAWAK has ordered all oil palm plantations and palm oil mills operating during the movement-control order to submit the names of their foreign workers to the state disaster management committee for health vetting.

Deputy Chief Minister Douglas Uggah Embas, who chairs the committee, gave the businesses three days to submit the list, especially workers who returned to the state for work on March 12 and 13.


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