KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia is facing a rise in workplace clusters, in addition to festive-season and interstate travel ones, said Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The health director-general, in a Facebook post, said 233 active workplace clusters were recorded as of yesterday, involving 16,785 Covid-19 cases.
He said workplace clusters comprise 39% of the total 593 active clusters in Malaysia.
“The three states with the highest number of workplace clusters during the period are Selangor with 74 (25.7%), Johor with 53 (18.4%) and Penang with 31 (10.8%).
“The manufacturing sector is identified as the biggest contributor compared with other sub-categories with 132 clusters (46%), followed by the services sector with 57 (20%).”
There is a decline in sub-clusters reported per week since the implementation of the third movement control order (MCO 3.0) on May 12, which saw enhanced restrictions in force starting Tuesday, he said.
The sub-clusters include the public administration cluster, as well as construction and services clusters.
Dr Noor Hisham said the number of manufacturing sub-clusters reported each week, however, has increased from 14 before MCO 3.0 to between 21 and 25 after the order was imposed.
“As such, the Health Ministry urges all workers to comply with the standard operating procedures to reduce the risk of Covid-19 infection at the workplace.
“Employers should also ensure full compliance with the SOPs on their premises.” – Bernama, May 27, 2021
