Ministry working to ensure Malaysia won’t reach 6,000 Covid-19 cases
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah hopes that with the healthcare system and movement control order in place, ‘we can positively identify those infected, isolate them and treat them.’ – The Malaysian Insight pic by Kamal Ariffin, March 25, 2020.
“We hope that, with the healthcare system and movement control order in place, we can positively identify those infected, isolate them and treat them. The research house is pricing in expectations that the acceleration phase of the curve will last for only a week and a half to two weeks before moving into the accumulation stage, when the overall infection growth rate slows to between 100 and 250.
“We are seeking to use the antigen test kits, which will help faster detection. There has also been discussion on mass test kits where we can get results within a day. He said the new test kits would be able to detect the virus even within patients who are asymptomatic.
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