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KUALA LUMPUR: After more than 5,000 Top Glove employees contracted Covid-19, including one death, another glove-making giant, Hartalega Holdings Bhd, has now confirmed that 35 of its employees have tested positive for the virus.
Twenty of the cases are at the Bestari Jaya operations and 15 at the Next Generation Integrated Glove Manufacturing Complex in Sepang.
In a statement today, it said affected employees were currently under medical care at a government healthcare facility, while all main contacts for the past 14 days have been identified and quarantined. They will undergo further testing before they are allowed to return to work.
“Some production lines have been temporarily closed, with an estimated loss of capacity at less than 0.5% of annual production,” he said.
In addition, Hartalega said that a third-party professional service provider had also carried out a complete disinfection of all areas where affected people were present.
The group said that a total of 8,772 employees, including outsourced vendors such as security personnel and canteen operators, were screened between Dec. 7 and 10, in accordance with the National Security Council directive for all foreign workers to be undergo tests.
CEO Kuan Mun Leong said the strict measures have allowed the group to post a significantly low positive rate of just 0.4% of all its employees.
“While it is unfortunate that we have positive cases among our employees, we are encouraged that the good living conditions and high standards of accommodation for our workers, which exceed the required standards, have allowed us to contain the number of cases,” he said.
He added that the group will continue to review and improve its Covid-19 prevention measures and is considering implementing a periodic test of rapid antigen test kits for all employees in the future.
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