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The New Norm of Self-Testing

Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh, President, Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM)

24-Feb-22 07:15

The New Norm of Self-Testing

The Ministry of Health recently issued a call to the Medical Device Authority to ensure the quality of Covid-19 self-test kits, following consumer complaints over the accuracy of testing results. We discuss the latest guidelines for self-testing with Datuk Dr. Kuljit Singh of the APHM, as well as find out his observations on the paediatric impact of Covid-19 and why it's important to vaccinate children. Image credit: Shutterstock.com

Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Shazana Mokhtar, Khoo Hsu Chuang, Philip See


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