TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 INTRODUCTION Pg 2
2.0 COVID-19 AS INDUSTRIAL DISEASE Pg 4
2.1 IMPACT ON CURRENT STATISTICS Pg 4
2.2 INFECTION RATES Pg 5
2.3 EFFECTIVENESS OF SOP Pg 6
2.4 COMPENSATION CLAIMS Pg 8
2.5 MORE AWARENESS Pg 8
3.0 CONCLUSION Pg 9
4.0 REFERENCES Pg 10
APPENDIX A: ARTICLE GROUP CALL Pg 11
COVID-19 AS OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
APPENDIX B: ARTICLE ASYMPTOMATIC Pg 13
COVID-19
APPENDIX C: WORKMEN’S Pg 16
COMPENSATION ACT 1952
,1.0 INTRODUCTION
The pandemic of COVID-19 has impacted globally with over 26 million of population of total
cases as per 3rd September 2020. Malaysia is no exception burdening the total cases of 9374
with 128 deaths and still counting each and every single day (Coronavirus Statistics Data, 3
Sep 2020).
Figure 1.1: Statistics of COVID-19 in Malaysia as per 3rd Sep 2020
In April 2020, some organizations and industries have called upon the government to declare
COVID-19 as occupational disease with the fact that it can cause potential fatality and
disability to those workers who are infected. (Refer Appendix A for the article)
Malaysian government has taken the initiative as to prevent the infection of COVID-19 through
enacting the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all organizations that operate. The
guidelines are re-enforced by the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 and
the SOPs include social distancing, wearing 3-ply masks, personal protective equipment (PPE)
if necessary, the usage of MySejahtera application to track on risks and visited areas,
temperature checker and hand sanitizers. Failing to follow the procedures may cause legal
actions to be taken to the owner or responsible person of the organization.
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, This prevention measure by the government can be considered as good initiative even though
it cannot be followed perfectly due to there will always be people who disobey the SOP and
causing potential harm towards the society.
When referring to the Industrial Diseases, to classify COVID-19 as part of it, there are lot of
things need to be considered such as the background of the virus; its potential harm and the
degree of infection, the procedures and step by step actions to implement the new disease into
the current act and legislation and also the implications of declaring COVID-19 as Industrial
Disease. All these considerations will be discussed thoroughly in the next part.
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1.0 INTRODUCTION Pg 2
2.0 COVID-19 AS INDUSTRIAL DISEASE Pg 4
2.1 IMPACT ON CURRENT STATISTICS Pg 4
2.2 INFECTION RATES Pg 5
2.3 EFFECTIVENESS OF SOP Pg 6
2.4 COMPENSATION CLAIMS Pg 8
2.5 MORE AWARENESS Pg 8
3.0 CONCLUSION Pg 9
4.0 REFERENCES Pg 10
APPENDIX A: ARTICLE GROUP CALL Pg 11
COVID-19 AS OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE
APPENDIX B: ARTICLE ASYMPTOMATIC Pg 13
COVID-19
APPENDIX C: WORKMEN’S Pg 16
COMPENSATION ACT 1952
,1.0 INTRODUCTION
The pandemic of COVID-19 has impacted globally with over 26 million of population of total
cases as per 3rd September 2020. Malaysia is no exception burdening the total cases of 9374
with 128 deaths and still counting each and every single day (Coronavirus Statistics Data, 3
Sep 2020).
Figure 1.1: Statistics of COVID-19 in Malaysia as per 3rd Sep 2020
In April 2020, some organizations and industries have called upon the government to declare
COVID-19 as occupational disease with the fact that it can cause potential fatality and
disability to those workers who are infected. (Refer Appendix A for the article)
Malaysian government has taken the initiative as to prevent the infection of COVID-19 through
enacting the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for all organizations that operate. The
guidelines are re-enforced by the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 and
the SOPs include social distancing, wearing 3-ply masks, personal protective equipment (PPE)
if necessary, the usage of MySejahtera application to track on risks and visited areas,
temperature checker and hand sanitizers. Failing to follow the procedures may cause legal
actions to be taken to the owner or responsible person of the organization.
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, This prevention measure by the government can be considered as good initiative even though
it cannot be followed perfectly due to there will always be people who disobey the SOP and
causing potential harm towards the society.
When referring to the Industrial Diseases, to classify COVID-19 as part of it, there are lot of
things need to be considered such as the background of the virus; its potential harm and the
degree of infection, the procedures and step by step actions to implement the new disease into
the current act and legislation and also the implications of declaring COVID-19 as Industrial
Disease. All these considerations will be discussed thoroughly in the next part.
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