World's top surgical glove maker shuts factories due to coronavirus

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More than 1,000 cases were recorded Monday, prompting the government to order the plants to close.

KUALA LUMPUR - A Malaysian company that is the world's biggest manufacturer of surgical gloves will close over half of its factories after a surge in coronavirus cases among workers, authorities said Monday.

But there has been a cluster of virus outbreaks among Top Glove employees - many of whom are low-paid migrant workers - at factories in an industrial area near the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Top Glove said in a statement it would "cooperate fully with the relevant authorities to implement the temporary stoppage", and plant closures had begun.

 

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