Migrant workers must be treated with compassion and care during testing.
| We all wish to protect ourselves from Covid-19 infection. We are fearful of those we think may be infected. And we try to identify them, in the hope we can isolate and treat them, so we can be safe.
Testing every single migrant worker blindly is not helpful in the long run. Just like testing every single Malaysian would not be helpful. If you test today, and the result is negative, it means the worker is not infected today. Then, how about next week? Or next month, if he happens to unknowingly have had exposure to a Malaysian who is positive. And that Malaysian is asymptomatic, and no one knows.Every single person in this country must be treated equally if we wish to win this war against Covid-19."We need to behave and act as though everyone around us is Covid-19 positive.
What would help migrant workers in the long run, is to ensure that employers implement the 'new normal' SOPs in the workplace, and also in the living quarters of the migrant workers.
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