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Malaysia Places 13,000 Top Glove Workers Under Virus Lockdown
Top Glove Corp. has more than 21,000 employees that churn out 90 billion gloves per year.
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Malaysia will impose a lockdown on Top Glove Corp.’s worker dormitories at one of its plants in a move that will affect 13,190 workers, following a rise in coronavirus cases there.
The dormitories in Klang, Selangor state, will be placed under lockdown starting from Tuesday until Nov. 30, Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a virtual briefing on Monday. As of Nov. 15, there were 215 cases recorded there, he said.