KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 -- The Health Ministry is only actively screening foreign workers from among high-risk groups for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19).

Its director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah told the daily Covid-19 press conference that the government will not screen all foreign workers in Malaysia unless they happen to be in the high-risk category.

"We are embracing a targeted approach. We are looking at foreigners who had exposure to the Sri Petaling mosque (tabligh) gathering. That's our target. Not the entire foreign worker (population).

"When looking at these groups, we are implementing the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) to that locality because of index cases being exposed to the Sri Petaling gathering. T...