Penang prepares for mass screening


Residents at a Covid-19 hotspot area undergoing screening for the virus during an earlier outbreak in Relau, Penang. — Filepic

THE mass testing programme to pick and test 1,000 individuals at each state constituency in Penang is expected to begin on July 1 after the method is finalised.

State local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the mass testing will be carried out across 40 state constituencies where 1,000 people from each constituency will be picked for the testing.

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