21 Apr 2021 / 18:42 H.
JOHOR BAHRU: A total of 27 schools in Johor had to be closed after Covid-19 positive cases were detected among staff, pupils and students.
The closure involves 10 religious schools and 17 primary, secondary and vernacular schools.
State Education, Information, Heritage and Culture Committee chairman Mazlan Bujang said all 17 schools under the Education Ministry had been closed in stages over the past three days.
“The one-week closure is to allow all quarters involved to undergo Covid-19 screening and to give way for the sanitisation process.
“The public doesn’t have to worry because the situation is still under control,” he told Bernama, when contacted, today.
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UPDATED 11.10PM | List of locations affected by Covid-19 (Feb 23)
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Latest locations added: MyBurgerLab Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur; Padawan district police headquarters, Kuching, Sarawak; various localities in Pontian, Johor and Kelantan.
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UPDATED 9.18PM | List of locations affected by Covid-19 (Feb 13)
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Johor authorities find furniture factory committing multiple offences involving workers’ housing. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, January 7, 2021.
A FURNITURE factory in Air Tawar, Merlimau near Jasin, was found to have committed various offences involving safety, hygiene and maintenance under the Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and Amenities Act 1990 (Act 446).
Department of Labour Peninsular Malaysia (JTKSM)’s Legal and Enforcement Division director Zaini Yaacob said that among the offences were that the factory didn’t have any accommodation certification, didn’t provide suitable accommodation to employees and didn’t provide first-aid boxes and rubbish bins.
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