Health Ministry will be able to conduct 22,000 Covid-19 tests a day by next week


PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry will be able to conduct up to 22,000 tests daily for Covid-19 by next week, says Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said the ministry currently could test up to 16,500 samples a day, with the public and private sector working together.

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