Published on: Tuesday, May 11, 2021
By: Bernama
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PUTRAJAYA: Employers who prevent workers from undergoing self-quarantine while waiting for their Covid-19 test results can be penalised under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342), said Health Minister Datuk Dr Adham Baba
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He said workers who are positive must undergo compulsory quarantine for 10 days while those negative should go into self-isolation.
“If employers are found to have disallowed this quarantine, provisions of Act 342 can be used to impose penalties on them.
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“Action can be taken if employers do not allow their workers, either suspected cases or those being tested, to go into self-quarantine until the results are obtained,” he told a joint media conference with National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Coordinating Minister Khairy Jamaluddin here Monday.
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The recent announcement that cabinet ministers will only be required to quarantine for 3 days was highly unpopular and received public backlash.
Health Minister Datuk Dr Adham Baba has clarified that this 3-day quarantine only a part of what is known as a “Travel Bubble”.
Travellers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport downloading the MySejahtera mobile application before going for quarantine. (Credit: Aizat Zahar)
Bubbled in isolation
The “travel bubble” is meant for ministers who will go overseas to secure foreign investments. These ministers cannot deviate from the itenerary, so as to strictly control the exact people that they will come into contact with. Ministers will also not be allowed free reign.
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