Published on: Thursday, December 10, 2020
By: Bernama
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TAWAU: A total of 25,157 foreign workers in Tawau, Kunak and Semporna who are registered with the Social Security Organisation (Socso) are eligible to participate in its Covid-19 screening programme on Dec 16.
Tawau Socso office head Joseph Immanuel said the screening programme, using the Rapid Test Kit (RTK) Antigen test approved by the Ministry of Health, is funded by the body and is aimed at curbing the spread of Covid-19 among foreign workers.
“Under the programme, 1,831 employers who made contributions for 25,157 Indonesian and Chinese foreign workers, only need to pay the service fee charged by the clinics or hospitals,“ he said when met at his office here.