World’s Largest Latex Glove Maker to Shut Factories Amid CCP Virus Outbreak

The world’s largest maker of latex gloves, Top Glove, will temporarily shut down more than half of its factories.

A worker inspects disposable gloves at the Top Glove factory production line in Shah Alam on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur on Aug. 26, 2020. Mohd Rasfan/AFP via Getty Images

The world’s largest maker of latex gloves, Top Glove, will temporarily shut down more than half of its factories in stages after more than 2,000 employees tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the CCP virus.

Malaysia’s Top Glove will close 28 of its 41 plants after 2,453 workers tested positive for the virus, from 5,767 screened, Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah said Monday.