How the Covid-19 PCR test works


Medical personnel taking a nasal swab from a motorist at a drive-through Covid-19 screening facility at the Unimas City Campus in Kuching, Sarawak. Private hospitals also offer this facility. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star

Testing for Covid-19 continues to be the primary form of defence in the fight to tackle, contain and prevent the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that is ravaging the country and world.

Malaysia’s public healthcare system’s capacity to conduct testing for the virus has increased over the last couple of months.

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