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PETALING JAYA (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – A Nepalese security guard working for Malaysian glove maker Top Glove Corp is believed to have died of Covid-19.
Yam Narayan Chaudhary is known to have died on Saturday (December 12), after he was admitted to the hospital on November 21.
According to an online news portal, Yam had been stationed at Top Glove’s 13th factory in Meru, Klang.
It is believed that he had worked as a security guard for two years and had been attached to a security company.
Efforts are being made to contact Top Glove for further comment.
The news of Yam’s death comes hours after news reports that Top Glove allegedly fired one of its foreign workers who reportedly exposed the workers’ crowded working conditions.
Reuters reported that Yubaraj Khadka had taken photos in May of workers who did not maintain the recommended physical distance of one meter while queuing to check their temperatures before starting the night shift.
Khadka sent the photos to a workers’ rights activist in Nepal.
On September 23, it was learned that he was handed a dismissal letter for allegedly exposing the situation.
As of Sunday, Malaysia registered a total of 83,475 cases, of which 1,229 were new cases.
The Teratai group in Klang, which involves Top Glove workers, is currently the largest Covid-19 group in Malaysia.
There are currently 5,450 cases linked to the group, including five more cases that were detected on Sunday (December 13). The group first emerged on November 7.
As of Sunday, Covid-19 claimed four more lives, bringing the total of Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia to 415.
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin said at a Deepavali celebration in Tangkak, Johor on Sunday that the government is making plans to increase the purchase of the Covid-19 vaccine from the current amount that covers 30 percent of the population to one that covers between 60 percent and 70 percent of the population.
He said he has also urged the vaccine supplier to speed up delivery, which is expected to arrive in March.
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