Covid-19: Some are falsifying test results to skip work


Deception: An RTK test kit showing two lines indicating that the person is positive for Covid-19, but is it real? — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Desperate for paid leave, a worker in a construction company resorted to photo-editing software to doctor a picture of his self-test kit result.

“It is easy. Nobody can detect it unless they check the photo thoroughly,” he said.

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