MPL: Employees have been trained to work safe, those at risk are at home

Maldives Ports Limited (MPL) has said that they have trained their employees to work safe during the COVID-19 lock down and those at risk are currently staying home.

Speaking at the NEOC press conference today, Chief Risk Officer of MPL, Ibrahim Zahir said that since MPL is an entry point, Standard of Procedures (SOPs) were reviewed and contingency plans were made with the involvement of the advisory group.

And so, awareness and training along with new policies being implement were delivered to the MPL staff through training programs through the guidelines provided by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

Since we are in the midst of a health pandemic, all operations are being carried out within the health guidelines and the first priority was given to ensure the health and safety of the staff.

Zahir said that employees are being give the daily updates and instructions on the use of PPE, risk assessment from the HPA. He said that the lock down was enforced during risk assessment.