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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\u201cSince Jan 1, the government has made it mandatory for employers in these sectors to have their foreign workers screened. So when more tests are done, more positive cases will be found but we did not expect a drastic and sudden increase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe found this was due to elements of non-compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) that were outlined when all economic sectors were reopened,\u201d he told a press conference in conjunction with the handing over ceremony for the upgrading project of the blood collection centre at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital (Phase 2) at the main building of the hospital here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Member of Parliament for Tenggara also said that the positive COVID-19 cases recorded now were sporadic cases (cases happening in the community) and not mostly of cases involving non-citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe ratio between the two is 50-50. Sporadic infections are mainly due to inter-state travel and also because of gatherings or assembling in a particular place,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Yesterday, Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob at a press conference in the federal capital had said that Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will make a special announcement on Monday regarding the action to be taken by the government to deal with the recent spike in COVID-19 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that the government is also studying and evaluating the actions that need to be taken immediately to control the spread of COVID-19, including possible tightening of the SOPs for the social sector to reduce movements and risk of COVID-19,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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