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Health Minister: Use of saliva samples for Covid-19 test at govt hospitals soon

Published on 18 Feb 2021 6:30:03 PM

Deep throat saliva samples will soon be used by some government hospitals for Covid-19 tests.

Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said on Thursday (Feb 18) that on an evaluation by the Institute for Medical Research (IMR), deep throat saliva has a sensitivity of 96.67 per cent and 100 per cent specificity.

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