Categories: News

Panasonic Malaysia confirms 116 workers positive for COVID-19 at two Shah Alam factories

Panasonic Manufacturing Malaysia Bhd today disclosed that 116 employees at its two manufacturing facilities in Shah Alam have tested positive for COVID-19.

According to Panasonic’s filing with Bursa Malaysia today, the electronics company said it would be temporarily closing the facilities from December 21 to 23 for disinfection, after being advised to do so by the Petaling district health office.

“The company had completed full screening of about 2,137 workers and employees and only 116 were found to be affected.

“The safety and well-being of our workers and employees, as well as our community, is of our utmost priority towards containing the situation,” it said.

Panasonic added that it has been conducting disinfection exercises at its premises and workers’ accommodation regularly, and will continue to adhere to COVID-19 related standard operating procedures (SOPs)

On December 1, the Malaysian government made screenings of all foreign workers mandatory in order to detect cases of COVID-19, after a rise in such cases at factories and construction sites.

Since then, the Health Ministry has been recording new workplace-related COVID-19 clusters almost daily, including three new clusters yesterday.

Malaysia currently has 95,327 confirmed cases with 438 deaths recorded so far. There are 2,018 new cases reported today and 16,496 active cases remaining. — Malay Mail

[ IMAGE SOURCE ]

Recent Posts

TuJu navigation feature to be restored by 6 November

Prosignal Consortium, who is the developer behind TuJu—the local navigation app being touted by the…

23 hours ago

Pro and Tell: Is Apple finally dropping a touchscreen MacBook Pro on 28 October?

Just when you thought Apple was done for the year, the company has planned another…

1 day ago

PM Anwar: Malaysia considering total ban on Waze

The ongoing saga surrounding the Malaysian government's stance on Waze has taken another significant turn.…

1 day ago

Airbnb says hosts can’t force guests to wash dishes, change bedsheets or take out rubbish

When staying at Airbnb, it is common courtesy to keep places clean and tidy before…

1 day ago

JomCharge 50kW DC Charger at Sunway Pyramid Mall B1 carpark now live

Sunway Pyramid is a massive EV charging hub in Bandar Sunway with multiple EV charging…

1 day ago

DC Handal deploys EV charge points up to 120kW at Zenith Suites Cameron Tanah Rata

DC Handal is expanding its EV charging network at Cameron Highlands. After deploying AC and…

1 day ago

This website uses cookies.