‘Vital to dispose of self-test kits with care’

PETALING JAYA: As more people turn to self-testing with the rise in Omicron cases, self-test Covid-19 kits can turn into a medical and environmental risk if these are not properly disposed of after use, say experts. Virologist Dr Chee Hui Yee of Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences said there was a risk of exposure to the virus should one come across a used kit that had not been properly binned.

Waste collectors, she added, would be at risk of exposure to saliva traces if these had not been properly mixed with the lysis solution provided in the kit.