Masidi: High Covid-19 cases in Sabah due to backlog of 18,000 sample results

KOTA KINABALU: The increasing cases of Covid-19 in Sabah lately was due to a backlog of sample results amounting to 18,000 before, says state Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.

Masidi who is the minister tasked to handle Covid-19 issue in Sabah, said they have started tackling the backlog since the start of this month, and it has been reduced to 11,000, which they hope to address soon.