Health Ministry evaluating test kits received from South Korea and China

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NSTnation The Health Ministry received one batch of rapid test kits from South Korea on Friday night.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said as of now there were no reports received on the findings of the evaluation process.

The amount of rapid test kits from South Korea were not revealed. However, he said if they were found to be effective, 200,000 more units would be purchased. “If the accuracy is good, then we are ready to order 200,000 ,” he told a press conference here today. On the same note, Dr Noor Hisham said the ministry received 100,000 United States Food and Drug Administration -approved test kits from China and were evaluating them as well.

 

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