Dissecting Our Covid-19 Testing Strategy

Datuk Dr Musa Mohd Nordin, Consultant Paediatrician | Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad, Chair of the Selangor Task Force on Covid-19

19-Jul-21 18:00

Dissecting Our Covid-19 Testing Strategy

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The Health Ministry has announced that Covid-19 home self-test kits will be made available for purchase in pharmacies and health facilities. We expand on that and look at our testing strategy by understanding why it matters, and how it helps in the fight against COVID-19. Then we look at what the states, specifically Selangor, have been doing on this front. Finally, we speak about how these home self-test kits enter the picture and how they can be utilised.

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Produced by: Tasha Fusil, Alia Zefri, Loo Juosie

Presented by: Lee Chwi Lynn

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