GEORGE TOWN: A suspected Covid-19 case brought work to a standstill at a communications company in Bayan Lepas.

An internal email from the company's steering council dated March 9 ordered all its 1,000 employees to work from home.

The steering council issued the order after an engineer got into contact with a Covid-19 positive patient in Kuala Lumpur.

“While there is no conclusive result at this point, as a safety precaution, the steering council has decided that all employees and associates should work from home today (March 9).

“Employees and associates should bring their laptops home to resume their work as much as they can.

“In tandem, a full site sanitisation will be conducted across all our Penang facilities,” the email said.

A source said the sanitisation process could take a few days and the facility in Bayan Lepas is likely to be closed for a few days.

So far Malaysia has confirmed about 100 cases of Covid-19 with six new cases recorded on March 8.