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PUTRAJAYA: Those in managerial and supervisory positions working in areas of conditional motion control orders should continue to work from home, says Chief Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The decision, which was enforced since October 22, stands because there are still areas classified as red zones in the states under the order.
For other states, the National Security Council (NSC) will discuss with the director general of the Department of Public Service, the Ministry of Industry and International Trade (Miti) to obtain the final decision.
“I have been informed that, for now, the work-from-home policy decision remains as announced.
“As for other states (under the recovery MCO) we will leave it to the NSC to discuss it with the relevant authorities,” he said yesterday.
The government imposed work-from-home for employees in management and supervisory positions in both the public and private sectors as of October 22.
The private sector involved in the policy covers industries that are on the Miti list.
The order was imposed in Selangor, Sabah, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan and involved 800,000 workers from various industries, as well as about 200,000 public officials. Later, the policy was extended to all states.
Ismail Sabri also announced the reactivation of the quarantine center at the Malaysian Agricultural Exhibition Park (MAEPS) Serdang following an increase in Covid-19 cases among foreign workers.
The center will only house non-citizens who are asymptomatic patients and those with mild symptoms and non-citizen patients from the training institute of the Ministry of Health in Sungai Buloh will be transferred there.
“The decision to reactivate the quarantine center is due to the increase in positive cases and the implementation of screening in foreign workers by Socso. This time the quarantine center will have 10,000 beds available, ”he said.
Ismail Sabri said that since the quarantine center at MAEPS would house numerous foreigners, the police and the Armed Forces would be stationed there for security.
The first activation of the quarantine center was between April 16 and July 15, and it had treated 1,362 people, most of whom were non-citizens.
The chief minister also said that the Sarawak government would be discussed with its policy of quarantining those entering the state from the peninsula, noting that the SOP for the state and Sabah was determined by the respective state governments.
“We have not had any discussion with Sarawak on this issue, but I will raise it,” he said.
The Chief Minister is aware of the plight of Sarawak residents who are out of state and want to return for the Christmas holidays, but must undergo the 14-day quarantine.
He noted that Sabah relaxed some of his SOPs, including allowing people to enter the state for social purposes, but had to undergo the RT-PCR or RT-Ag Covid-19 swab test three days before the trip.
He also said that a mass inspection would take place at Spectrum Sector A in Pulau Indah, Klang, involving some 45 businesses, 102 locals and 1,200 residents, mostly non-citizens.
Priority is given to Sector A since most of the Covid-19 cases were registered locally and, if necessary, detection will be extended to those of Sectors B and C.
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