Malaysia

Covid-19 SOP compliance in construction and security vital: Adham

Health minister says isolating positive cases is main priority for now

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 18 Nov 2020 6:25PM

Covid-19 SOP compliance in construction and security vital: Adham
Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba says the coronavirus situation in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor is still under control. – Bernama pic, November 16, 2020

KUALA LUMPUR – The security and construction sectors must comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs) to thwart the spike of Covid-19 cases in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba.

He said the health ministry’s priority for now was to isolate all positive cases among employees in order to break the chain of infection.

“This trend, as far as we can see, is still under control provided we remain in compliance with the control approach under Act 342 (Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988) to break the chain of infection.

“Their failure to comply with the SOP is an assessment of the risks that we are conducting and we will take swift action via a public health approach,” Dr Adham said on Radio Televisyen Malaysia’s Selamat Pagi Malaysia programme today.

Yesterday, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the 162 active Covid-19 clusters, 72 were related to workplaces including construction sites and the security sector. – Bernama, November 18, 2020 

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