Experts divided over mass testing


PETALING JAYA: Health experts are divided over the effectiveness of conducting mass testing on workers before they return to their workplace during the conditional movement control order (MCO).

Mass testing will create a false sense of security as a negative test will not mean much as a person can get infected over the course of a few days, said University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) Covid-19 task force chair Datuk Prof Dr Adeeba Kamarulzaman.

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