New labs roped in as Sabah seeks to boost testing, clear backlog

Published: Oct 20, 2020 3:53 PM

COVID-19 | The Sabah government hopes to clear a backlog in Covid-19 testing within the next four days, after appointing three private hospitals and laboratories on Monday to help cope with the influx of test samples.

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