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Impractical to test all foreign workers for Covid-19, says doctors’ group

Educating foreign workers on the SOP under relaxed movement restrictions is more viable than screening all of them for the coronavirus, says MMA. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Irwan Majid, May 5, 2020.

TESTING all foreign workers for Covid-19 may turn out to be a logistical nightmare as businesses resume operations under the conditional movement-control order , said the Malaysian Medical Association . President Dr N. Ganabaskaran said educating this group on the standard operating procedure is more practical.

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