Inching towards Phase Three


A drive-thru mass screening process being conducted at the Batu Kawan Stadium. – Photos posted on Jagdeep’s Facebook page

THE number of Covid-19 cases discovered in Penang has escalated with the increase in the mass screening conducted by the state.

Penang local government committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said the Penang Saring Covid-19 (PSC-19) programme found that 319 people tested positive after the RTK-Antigen test, out of which 123 were confirmed as positive after the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test.

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