DBKL Corporate Planning Department director Khairul Azmir Ahmad said the meeting involving representatives of the National Security Council and Health Ministry will also look into closing certain sections of the market.
“Closure here does not necessarily mean that the whole market will be closed. We might close some sections to make way for sanitisation. We will have to look closer at the number of Covid-19 infections at each of the fish, meat and vegetables sections, ” he said when contacted. On Jan 19,118 cases of Covid-19 had been detected at the wholesale market involving workers from the vegetable and fish sections.Mass testing has been conducted at the market since last week after more than 15 cases were detected among fishmongers.“Perhaps we can limit the number of people entering the market. We need to regulate entry to and exit from the area. We also may need to limit the number of workers at each shoplot, ” he said.
At a separate press conference, Cheras MP Tan Kok Wai urged DBKL and the relevant authorities to decide if the market should be closed or allowed to continue operations.“Some traders have also ordered extra stock in light of the coming Chinese New Year festivities. They will surely worry if they would still be able to get their supplies or have to source from other wholesalers, ” he said.
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