Lockdown on Malaysia's Leading Glove facilities lifted seeing that first worker death because of COVID-19 reported
15 December, 2020
Malaysian authorities lifted a month-long lockdown on dormitories housing Top Glove personnel on Monday (Dec 14), even while the firm reported the primary death among its staff from COVID-19.
Last month, the government put in place rigid movement controls and ordered Top rated Glove, the world's greatest glove maker, to shut its factories on stages after a lot more than 5,000 employees tested positive for COVID-19.
Security Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a affirmation the lockdown could nowadays be lifted seeing as there were no even more pending test outcomes, while personnel who had tested bad had already completed two rounds of quarantine.
The government in addition has allowed 14 Top Glove factories to resume operations, while 14 other folks will be reopened in stages, Ismail Sabri said.
The announcement came as Top Glove reported the death of a 29-year-old worker from Nepal because of COVID-19 pneumonia with lung fibrosis.
The worker had been employed at Best Glove's manufacturing unit in Klang, 40km west of Kuala Lumpur, for a lot more than two years, the manufacturer told Reuters in an email.
SHARE PRICE UNDER PRESSURE
Best Glove shares fell around 9.4 per cent, alongside other glove shares, amid reports of increasing option of COVID-19 vaccines, which will probably reduce demand for the medical gloves that the business produces.
The share price was also hit by reports from Reuters and other media on conditions facing migrant staff at Top Glove, analysts said.
Reuters reported on Sunday that Top Glove had fired a good Nepali employee found in September after he and other personnel tried to improve concerns above cramped dormitories and too little social distancing in the firm's facilities.
Last week the maker said during a financial outcomes call that 94 % of staff tested were now in shape to return to work.
Smaller rival Hartalega Holdings said on Monday it had found 35 COVID-19 cases among more than 8,700 staff members tested. The business said it acquired temporarily shut some production lines, but estimated losses at less than 0.5 % of annual output.
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