PETALING JAYA: If you use a Covid-19 self-test kit and the result turns up positive, you must immediately report your status to the district health office( PKD) or the Covid-19 Assessment Centre( CAC), says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. With the Medical Device Authority( MDA) having granted the green light for two self-test kits to be imported and sold in Malaysia, Dr Noor Hisham said the test kit providers would be addressing the mechanism for reporting positive cases

PUTRAJAYA: As Malaysia’s increasing Covid-19 positive rate points to undertesting, the Health Ministry has called on the private sector to help boost its daily test numbers. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah admits that the country’s Covid-19 test numbers can be improved. With more Covid-19 self-test options available on the market, Dr Noor Hisham said members of the public could help the ministry to increase its testing figures.“ Without a doubt, our testing numbers can be