5 May 2020 Malaysia Socso Paying For Migrant Workers’ Covid-19 Tests: Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says about 60% of foreign workers contribute to Socso.
4 May 2020 Malaysia Employers Must Pay For Covid-19 Tests On Migrant Workers: Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob says MOH has suggested starting swab tests on migrant workers in FT and Selangor.
30 April 2020 Malaysia MOH Wants Migrants Screened, Up To NSC For Further Action The undocumented workers in EMCO areas will be sent to detention centers after order is lifted.
29 April 2020 Malaysia MTUC Raises Cramped Migrant Worker Housing As Sectors Reopen As many as 10 to 15 factory workers share small three-room apartments.
21 April 2020 World Critics Claim Singapore Ignored Migrant Workers’ Welfare Amid Outbreak In some dormitories, 100 men were sharing five toilets, The Guardian reported.
9 April 2020 Malaysia Religious Affairs Minister Helps Migrant Workers During MCO Agencies under the religious affairs portfolio in the Prime Minister's Department have been giving migrant workers food and dry goods.
23 March 2020 Malaysia Perikatan Reverses Pakatan’s Covid-19 Medical Fee Exemption For Foreigners Pakatan Harapan had exempted foreigners infected with coronavirus or who are close contacts of Covid-19 patients from outpatient fees at government facilities.
13 March 2020 Malaysia Foreigners With Covid-19 Exempted From Medical Fees: MOH Coronavirus tests in private facilities cost between RM400 and RM700.
24 May 2019 Malaysia Migrant Workers Visit Illegal Clinics Run By Bangladeshis Medicine from Bangladesh that is not registered in Malaysia is also sold to Bangladeshi workers.