About 1,000 traders and workers at the Hang Tuah Jaya Municipal Council Wholesale Market (MPHTJ) in Batu Berendam, Malacca, as well as their close contacts, are required to go for Covid-19 screening tests after a 30-year-old worker at the market was confirmed positive with the virus on Thursday.

Malacca Health and Anti-Drug Committee chairman Rahmad Mariman (photo, centre) said the MPHTJ worker...