KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 (Sin Chew Daily) — It is not a violation of the regulation if a person does not update his or her health status on MySejahtera app, according to the latest standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the National Security Council, says its director-general Datuk Mohd Rabin Basir.

Only Malaysians who have traveled overseas, who are COVID-positive or are close contacts of COVID-positive individuals are required to update their health status on MySejahtera app, said Mohd Rabin after verifying with health ministry officer Raja Zawawi.

Factory workers are required to update their health status on MySejahtera app on a daily basis if COVID-19 positive cases have been detected in their factories, he added.

29 factory workers were slapped with summonses of RM2,000 each for not updating their COVID-19 status on MySejahtera.

Manjung police issued the summonses during an inspection of a factory at Kampung Acheh Industrial Area in Sitiawan.

When asked about the case, Mohd Rabin said it could be classified as 'no further action.'

"The Manjung police was suggested to take the appropriate action of requesting the health office in the district to cancel the summons,' he said.

Mohd Rabin stressed that the employers are to ensure all staff update their COVID-19 status on MySejahtera app as it is the SOPs for factories found to have COVID-19 positive cases.

Manjung police chief Assistant Commissioner Nor Omar Sappi told Sin Chew Daily members of the public are not required to update their health status on a daily basis unless operators of a shopping mall or a building require visitors to update their health status before they are allowed to enter the premises.

SME Association of Malaysia president Datuk Michael Kang also stressed that only those who are infected from workplace, return from overseas or are close contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases are required to update their health status on MySejahtera on a daily basis.

Kang said the government did not require everyone to update their COVID-19 status on MySejahtera on a daily basis.

"You are not violating the regulation for not updating your health status on a daily basis if you have no history of contact and no signs of being infected." he said.