Thursday, 13 Feb 2020 06:16 AM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 13 ― The staff of the Virology Unit of the Infectious Disease Research Centre at the Institute of Medical Research have been placed in readiness to investigate the Covid-19 infection. IMR Virology Clinical Specialist Dr Rozainanee Mohd Zain said, prior to this, the unit's laboratory was operating from Monday to Friday from 7.30am to 5.30pm but now they had an on-call list for staff to be on duty from morning to night, including weekends.
"From the time we receive the sample until the release of the test results it takes between 24 hours and 48 hours," she said adding that the unit had conducted over 500 tests since the virus' clusters occurred to date.
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