Health Ministry evaluating new test kits from Korea, China; to ramp up testing

Published on 28 Mar 2020 7:37:13 PM

The Health Ministry has started evaluating new South Korean and Chinese test kits for Covid-19 at the Sungai Buloh Hospital and is looking to ramp up testing.

Health director-general Datuk Seri Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were no reports yet on the kits that arrived on late Friday night (March 27).

Dr Hisham had previously said Malaysia would be able to test up to 16,500 samples per day from next week from the current capacity of 7,000 samples.

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