Clarifying testing rate, DG assures Covid-19 under control in Malaysia

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He says the country’s testing rate was on par with South Korea, a country lauded for its Covid-19 response.

CORONAVIRUS | Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has clarified that Malaysia is conducting 27.14 Covid-19 tests per 1,000 population.

This comes after several MPs questioned why the country’s testing rates were lower than other countries during yesterday’s Dewan Rakyat session...

 

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