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PETALING JAYA: Top Glove Corporation said today that it is in the process of temporarily closing its factories in Meru, Klang. The company failed to confirm that the factories are indeed in operation.
Yesterday, dozens of workers were seen leaving two of the company’s factories in Meru, and moments earlier a bus was seen leaving workers in front of the gates of the same factory.
Brief talks with workers mingling outside the factories led two of them to say that they were working in two separate factories.
At a press conference on Wednesday, Chief Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Top Glove had already closed 27 of its 28 factories in Meru.
Top Glove, the world’s largest manufacturer of medical gloves, was ordered on Monday to suspend operations in stages at its 28 factories in Meru to allow its workers to undergo mandatory screening and quarantine to halt an increase in Covid cases. -19.
“The temporary closure of our factories in stages is in progress, in close cooperation with the relevant authorities,” Top Glove said in a statement today.
“This will facilitate the cleaning and thorough sanitation of the facilities to ensure the safety and well-being of its people and surrounding communities, and will also allow for some maintenance work.”
The Top Glove workers are linked to the Teratai group in Meru, currently the largest active Covid-19 group in Malaysia. Thirty-one new infections were reported today in the group, which currently has 4,124 cases.
Top Glove said its workers at Meru are also in the process of undergoing a massive screening, adding that 80% of its employees have been screened so far.
The mass evaluation is expected to be completed on December 4.
“Our factories will reopen in stages once our workers have tested negative, have passed the mandatory quarantine period, and are cleared to work by the relevant authorities,” Top Glove said.
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