People are now falsifying their Covid-19 self-test kit results to get paid leave. A worker in a construction company confessed that he photo-edited his self-test kit result. “It is easy. Nobody can detect it unless they check the photo thoroughly,” he said. While another woman known as Lina, said she used her friend’s positive self-test kit result to get quarantine leave to take care of her two-year-old son.
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The worker at the construction company said he took a self-test, which only showed one line. He edited the photo using software and created a clone of the image. He carefully placed a single cloned line and placed it next to the ‘T’ indicator. During his quarantine period, he kept on updating his health report on MySejahtera.
While another woman named Lina said, “I applied for leave at first as my babysitter had to go and take care of her mother in Perak but due to shortage of staff, my application was denied. So I was forced to fake my Covid-19 test result.”
An official at the Penang Health Department said, “Companies can take their own action, including the deduction of pay in lieu of seven days absence from work, suspension or even dismissal.”