Covid-19 test kits need to have high accuracy, says Khairy
Health workers in protective suits are seen at a drive-through testing site for Covid-19 at MSU Medical Centre in Shah Alam April 10, 2020. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
“If you have a test kit , antibody test kits, please reach out to us as we have the Institute of Medical Research at the Ministry of Health,” he said, adding that the government has been testing all the kits that have been marketed since the beginning of the coronavirus outbreak.“It is a flip of a coin. So, we don’t want to use that. So the one that we found in South Korea, the sensitivity rate and specification is more than 90 per cent.
In the 90-minute discussion, he also said Malaysia welcomes suggestions on Covid-19 contact tracing applications as the current one using Bluetooth technology has its limitations.
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