KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 The hybrid Covid-19 variant that had been found recently in Vietnam has not been detected in Malaysia, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today. He was referring to a new Covid-19 strain that is a hybrid between the UK variant identified as B.1.1.7.
Health Ministry to increase testing, manpower, bed capacity to tackle current Covid situation 30 May 2021 / 21:49 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: The Health Ministry (MOH) will implement several measures, including increasing screening tests, manpower and bed capacity, to tackle the ongoing spread of Covid-19 in the country.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (
pix) said Covid-19 screening tests rose sharply by 30.2%, with a daily average of 63,925 Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Rapid Test Kit Antigen (RTK-Ag) tests conducted before May 14 compared to 91,608 tests for the period of May 23 to 29.
“The use of RTK-Ag as the Covid-19 screening test has helped detect the disease faster and in greater numbers,“ he said in a statement today, adding that outsourcing Covid-19 screening tests to private labs also contributed to increased testing and detection.
Sunday, 30 May 2021 10:41 PM MYT
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 screening tests rose sharply by 30.2 per cent. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 The Health Ministry (MOH) will implement several measures, including increasing screening tests, manpower and bed capacity, to tackle the ongoing spread of Covid-19 in the country.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 screening tests rose sharply by 30.2 per cent, with a daily average of 63,925 Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Rapid Test Kit Antigen (RTK-Ag) tests conducted before May 14 compared to 91,608 tests for the period of May 23 to 29.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 30 The hybrid Covid-19 variant that had been found recently in Vietnam has not been detected in Malaysia, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today. He.