Clarifying testing rate, DG assures Covid-19 under control in Malaysia

Annabelle LeePublished: Jul 16, 2020 12:01 PM

CORONAVIRUS | Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has clarified that Malaysia is conducting 27.14 Covid-19 tests per 1,000 population.

This comes after several MPs questioned why the country’s testing rates were lower than other countries during yesterday’s Dewan Rakyat session...

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