Health DG: Malaysia meets WHO benchmark on daily Covid-19 tests


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's daily screening rates for Covid-19 follows the World Health Organisation (WHO) benchmark, which sets the bar for "adequate testing" to at least 10 negative tests for every positive test.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the benchmark also determined that the best indication for an adequate test rate would be 30 negative tests for every positive test.

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