To mass test or not to mass test


Malaysia has generally done well with containing and treating Covid-19 patients of known clusters. Next, should it carry out mass testings to detect and contain sporadic and asymptomatic cases before it lifts the movement control order (MCO)?

MALAYSIANS are feeling more at ease now that the daily number of Covid-19 cases in known clusters appears to have gone down.

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