Covid-19: M'sia almost reaching target test capacity of 16,500 samples per day, says Health DG


PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia is edging closer towards its aim of conducting 16,500 Covid-19 tests in a day, says the Health Ministry.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country managed to test 13,614 samples on Thursday (April 23) alone.

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