Oil palm plantation sector logs 40th Covid-19 cluster

The oil palm sector has recorded at least 40 Covid-19 clusters spread across six states while there are more than 300,000 undocumented migrant workers whose vaccination status are unknown and are feared to be seeking refuge deep in these plantations, said a migrant welfare activist.

Migrant Care Malaysia representative Alex Ong said according to data derived from the Health Ministry’s GitHub data repository, as of Nov 15, there were eight active clusters in the oil palm sector, comprising five clusters in Pahang, two in Sabah and one in Johor.

“The eight active clusters have recorded a total of 609 cases but two of these...