Health DG: New Covid-19 rapid test kits procured from South Korea


PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has found a reliable antigen test kit from South Korea with a sensitivity rate of 84.4%, which will help boost Covid-19 testing in the country.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the ministry had already procured the test kits from South Korean firm, SD Biosensor, and was hoping they could arrive by next week.

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