The cases involved workers in the fish section, which then spread to a small number of operators as well as workers in other parts of the premises.

“There are several Covid-19 clusters at the Kuala Lumpur wholesale market where about 16 fish wholesalers, fish sellers (2) and vegetable sellers (2) have tested positive.

“Due to the high number of clusters involved, data on all employees and wholesalers who were found to be negative for Covid-19 are being collected for them to be involved in the government’s vaccination programme,” he said.

Speaking to reporters after attending an SOP compliance monitoring operation with Sentul district police here, Sukhwinder said to date, 337 names have been identified for that vaccination purpose.

“We need more statistics, for example, from vegetable and fruit wholesalers as well as other small traders at this premises.

“The complete list will be compiled before the vaccination exercise commences next week,” he added.

Sentul district police chief Beh Eng Lai said police were constantly monitoring SOP compliance at the market.

“Monitoring is done every day and so far compliance here has been satisfactory, but workers have been reminded constantly to keep adhering to them, such as by wearing their face masks and to check in via MySejahtera,” he said.

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