PETALING JAYA: The self-test kits (Rapid Antigen test) that use saliva for Covid-19 screening will ramp up the testing rate in the country but the results must be followed up with a confirmatory RT-PCR test, say health experts.
Universiti Malaya Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine’s Prof Dr Moy Foong Ming said these self-testing kits would enable more people to be tested at a faster rate and would take the pressure off diagnostic laboratories.
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