Socso to use more reliable RT-PCR method to test workers for Covid-19


PETALING JAYA: Covid-19 testing done via the Social Security Organisation (Socso) will rely on the more accurate reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) method.

Socso said Covid-19 screening for employees of companies allowed to operate during the movement control order (MCO) is being implemented through its Prihatin Screening Programme.

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