According to The Malaysian Reserve, 28 cases were detected during a screening conducted at the company’s catheter facility in Pontian, Johor, on Dec 16.

“The other seven isolated cases were detected in our other two condom factories,” a company spokesman was quoted as saying.

Karex, the world’s largest condom maker, said it began to conduct Covid-19 screening for its local and foreign employees since Nov 23 at all its facilities.

It also said they immediately notified the health ministry and have worked with them to identify close contacts of its affected employees.

“As well as to ensure that our affected employees were provided proper medical care and placed in quarantine for subsequent screening,” it added.

The affected catheter facility, it added, is temporarily closed for disinfection and sanitisation procedures. It expects to resume operations in stages beginning Friday.