KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 16 — Both Top Glove Corporation Berhad’s male and female staff dormitories in Klang will come under an enforced movement control order (EMCO) beginning midnight tonight, said Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
The National Security Council (NSC) decided this earlier today due to the 215 Covid-19 cases found in the area up to yesterday, he said.
“The enforcement of the EMCO will involve the areas of the male employee dormitory and Jalan Abadi 1A/KU8, and the female employee dormitory along with Jalan Abadi 1A and Jalan Abadi 10A/KU8 that will involve a total of 13,190 workers and almost 1,200 residents.
“Top Glove are also required to conduct a full screening of all their workers within their factories and those from other dormitories which supplies manpower to their factories,” Ismail said during his daily briefing on security matters related to Covid-19.
He said the EMCO will last until November 30.
Ismail also announced an EMCO in the Telipok Settlement and Kampung Numbak in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, that began this morning.
The senior minister then disclosed the expiry of the EMCO in four areas, three in Sabah and one in Johor, at midnight tonight.
“Upon the advice and risk assessments conducted by the Health Ministry, the NSC meeting today has agreed to end the EMCO in the Kota Kinabalu Temporary Detention Centre, in the Kapayan Prison, and in the Taman Mat Salleh prison quarters in Kg Matambai today, November 16 as scheduled,” he said.
To date, he said 1,824 people were tested at the Kota Kinabalu detention centre with 425 positive cases detected, while 3,970 individuals were screened at the Kepayan prison with 1,857 coming back positive.
However, until Sunday, only 25 active cases remain under treatment from the Kota Kinabalu detention centre, with one active case from the Kepayan prison.
In Johor, the EMCO that was enforced on the Health Ministry’ training centre in Johor Bahru since November 3 will also be lifted at midnight, with 1,291 tests conducted and 33 positive cases detected.
However, Ismail reminded those in areas coming out of the EMCO that both the states of Johor and Sabah were still under a conditional movement control order (CMCO).
