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KUALA LUMPUR – The dormitories of workers at Malaysia’s top rubber glove maker Top Glove in Selangor will be under a strict lockdown after cases of Covid-19 infections spiked, the chief minister said on Monday (Nov 16). (Security) Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The move to place men’s and women’s dormitories in the city of Klang under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) from midnight Tuesday, along with its surrounding areas, came after 215 positive cases of Covid were recorded. -19 there until Sunday (November 15), he said, quoted by the Malaysiakini news site.
“The special meeting of the National Security Council today agreed that the Enhanced MCO will be imposed in the Top Glove workers’ dormitory from November 17-30,” he said.
The affected area includes roads and surrounding premises, including Jalan Abadi 1A / KU8, Jalan Abadi 10A / KU8 and Jalan Abadi 1A.
Those affected included 13,190 Top Glove employees and nearly 1,200 area residents, Malaysiakini said.
According to the EMCO, no one will be allowed to enter or leave the area for 14 days while health officials conduct health exams on everyone. Food and medicine will be delivered to people inside the closing area.
Nine of Malaysia’s 13 states and its three federal territories, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan, have been placed under the partial blockade called Conditional MCO (CMCO), as the government tries to curb the third wave of coronavirus infections in the last two months. .
According to the CMCO, travel between districts is restricted to emergencies or for work, and mass gatherings are prohibited.
Malaysia has registered more than 1,000 new daily cases of Covid-19 in nine of the last 14 days since November 2.
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