Malaysia to Shut 28 Top Glove Factories as Virus Cases Rise

Yantoultra Ngui, Bloomberg News

$An employee monitors latex gloves on hand-shaped molds moving along an automated production line at a Top Glove Corp. factory in Setia Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, on Feb. 18, 2020.$

An employee monitors latex gloves on hand-shaped molds moving along an automated production line at a Top Glove Corp. factory in Setia Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, on Feb. 18, 2020. , Photographer: Samsul Said/Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Malaysia will temporarily close 28 factories of the world’s largest rubber-glove maker located in the Selangor state to enable workers to undergo screenings as infections there rise, Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said in a briefing on Monday.

There are 1,067 positives cases in Top Glove’s factories in Selangor
- The factories will be closed in stages and the move is aimed at containing the spread of the virus among workers, Ismail said
NOTE: Top Glove Drops to 2-Month Low on Worker Lockdown, Vaccine News
NOTE: Top Glove has more than 21,000 employees that churn out 90 billion gloves annually at 750 production lines.

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