The Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) today insisted that the government should bear the estimated costs of over RM1 billion to perform a mandatory Covid-19 screening on all foreign workers in the country.

MEF president Shamsuddin Bardan said it would be unfair to expect employers to foot the bill, particularly as it was the government's decision and businesses have just resumed operations following the enforcement of the conditional movement control order (MCO) which began yesterday.