PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's targeted approach when it comes to mass testing for Covid-19 has shown good outcomes, says the Health Ministry.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the ministry had adopted this approach since day one of the Covid-19 outbreak and would likely stick with it."If we were to do mass screening for the whole country, on 32 million people, is it feasible or not?
"In high-risk locations, we advise the government to impose an enhanced movement control order , and we do mass testing in that location. He said South Korea, often lauded for its Covid-19 testing success, did not do mass screening either. "On Tuesday , 9,899 Covid-19 tests were conducted at our labs, which is about 85% of our daily capacity," he said, adding that the ministry is planning to add five more laboratories to boost its testing capacity.
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