The General Directorate of Health clarifies the problem of viral photos of foreign workers with pink bracelets



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KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Two photos showing foreign workers wearing pink armbands still working at a construction site that recently went viral, are from those who had undergone a Covid-19 surveillance test at the site of construction, and not close contacts with positive cases. says Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (Photo).

The general director of Health said that the people involved received pink armbands to prevent them from leaving the construction site.

“But they can still move within the construction site because it is a surveillance review, not a close contact review. The developer has been asked to ensure that all examinees remain within the construction site area.

“Two security guards posted at the entrance to the construction site and police from the Wangsa Maju District Police Headquarters are also monitoring the area daily,” he said in a post uploaded to his Facebook account on Tuesday (November 17). ).

He added that the developer was also recommended to carry out disinfection work on the site, and that construction had stopped from November 13 to 15 for the process and the results to be obtained.

“The release order (was given) and the pink bracelets were cut at 11 am on November 15, 2020, at the construction site. The evaluation found only one positive case, but this case did not live in the place, “he said. .

He added that there were eight contacts close to the positive case who were still in quarantine from November 7 to 20, while all other employees who were detected negative received the release order on November 15 – Bernama



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