Malaysia to boost Covid-19 testing to over 22,000 daily by next week: Health DG

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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will increase its testing capacities for Covid-19 to over 22,000 tests per day by next week with two automated test processing mac...

Malaysia will increase its testing capacities for Covid-19 to over 22,000 tests per day by next week with two automated test processing machines.said the automated processing machine which could do 5,000 tests per day would be placed at Institute of Medical Research in Kuala Lumpur by this weekend.

Noor Hisham said these two machines would add additional 6,000 Covid-19 tests capacity to the present capacity of 16,500 tests per day, making the total to 22,000 tests per day.Noor Hisham said Malaysia initially started with only 23 Covid-19 testing labs and now the country has 43 of such labs. “Every year without fail, when it comes to Ramadan, we do have shortage of blood. We encourage those who want to donate to go to the hospital,“ he said adding that police have been informed not to take action against those who leave their house to donate blood.

Earlier, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said Malaysians would be allowed to donate blood at hospitals and public health clinics from 10am to 10pm during MCO as reserves at the National Blood Bank had decreased by 33% since the order was enforced.

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