‘Cases to rise due to more testing’

PETALING JAYA: Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said that the number of cases were expected to rise due to active public health measures being taken, which included community surveillance, close contact tracing and pre-surgery screening.

Universiti Putra Malaysia medical epidemiologist and biostatistician Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman concurred, adding that provided there were no new clusters, the numbers would decline once the testing exercises were completed.