Don’t blame us for spreading Covid-19 in Selayang, migrant workers plead | Malay Mail

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Don’t blame us for spreading Covid-19 in Selayang, migrant workers plead

Monday, 27 Apr 2020 12:35 AM MYTA foreign worker shops for supplies at a sundry shop at the Taman Wilayah low-cost flats near the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market April 21, 2020. — Picture by Hari Anggara

“They cannot blame everything on migrant workers just because the majority of cases were detected among migrant workers,” the Myanmar national toldThe Myanmar national insisted that workers at the wholesale market had no time for social activities due to their long working hours. “Do you think migrant workers have time to go out?” said the Myanmar national who requested anonymity.

Covid-19 is also extremely contagious and could easily have been spread by an infected person who was not aware that he or she had it, the person added.Yesterday, Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced nine more cases within the areas surrounding the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market.

“We are not the only ones here, if you want to talk about migrant worker population. There are also Bangladeshis, Indonesians and even Pakistanis. An electrician named Sanjay Raj said he skipped work the next day after the EMCO was announced, worried that his housing area would also be barricaded since it is located near the wholesale market.

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The virus doesn’t care. If your home was burgled then mine by the same lot. It’s your fault? This is the stupidity of this fault finding.

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