Targeted testing better use of resources in Covid-19 fight, says Health D-G
Monday, 13 Apr 2020 07:08 PM MYTHealth director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah at a press conference in Putrajaya April 13, 2020. — Picture by Choo Choy May
The Health director-general said active case detection work in such locations were returning very low positive results, which he suggested to be indicative of the country in general. “We only found 0.5 per cent positive . Which means if we screen 1,000 people, the percentage is only 0.5 per cent. So, the detection rate is very low.
“And then perhaps we can get a better outcome with the limited amount of resources that we have. Then we can focus into that area and focus into that high-risk group, perhaps that has high-impact, reasonable cost with the limited resources that we have and we get good outcome,” said Dr Noor Hisham.
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