Covid-19: Johor govt to boost screening rate with purchase of 180,000 test kits

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ISKANDAR PUTERI: The Johor government is looking to increase the screening rate for Covid-19 among the public after buying 180,000 test kits.

Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad said the state government has received two types of Covid-19 test kits, which is 130,000 Antigen Rapid Test Kit and 50,000 RTK that uses saliva samples.

“The buying of Covid-19 test kits is an initiative from the government under the Johor Ihsan stimulus economic package 3.0, which I announced last month. Hasni said this after handing over the test kits to Johor Health Department director Datuk Dr Aman Rabu at the Mentri Besar Office in Kota Iskandar here on Tuesday .

 

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