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President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has ordered to cut the test prices of the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) to a range between 450,000 rupiahs (RM131.70) and 550,000 rupiahs (RM161) from the previous maximum of 900,000 rupiahs (RM263.60) set by the Health Ministry.
KUALA LUMPUR: Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has advised the people to reduce dependence on reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) screening and instead use rapid test kits during the transition to endemic phase of Covid-19.
JAKARTA (Xinhua): Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ordered to cut the test prices of the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) to a range between 450,000 rupiahs (some US$31.24) and 550,000 rupiahs from the previous maximum of 900,000 rupiahs set by the Health Ministry.
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.
Travellers flying to China from the US will no longer be required to provide three negative RT-PCR test results as of Friday (May 20).
Travellers flying to China from the US will no longer be required to provide three negative RT-PCR test results as of Friday.
BANGKOK (The Nation/Asia News Network): The Department of Disease Control (DDC) will ask the Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) to further ease up on the Test & Go scheme for foreign arrivals by changing the mandatory RT-PCR test upon arrival to an ATK test.
PENANG’s mass Covid-19 screening programme (PSC-19) gave 275 people a good fright before they heaved a sigh of relief in the subsequent test.
SHAH ALAM: The RTK-Antigen and RT-PCR tests to detect Covid-19 infection are effective in detecting the Omicron variant of the virus, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
KUALA LUMPUR: The high cost for the Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test is not due to profit margins, but because of the various resources required to run them, says the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA).
In bid to boost tourist arrivals and revive the pandemic-battered tourism industry, Thailand today eased further the entry requirement by scrapping the mandatory RT-PCR test for fully-vaccinated international arrivals starting May 1.
KUALA LUMPUR: More companies will soon provide Covid-19 screening services at Malaysia’s airports, effectively ending the current monopoly held by a private healthcare firm, the Dewan Rakyat was told.
MORE companies will soon provide Covid-19 screening services at Malaysia’s airports, effectively ending the current monopoly held by a private healthcare firm, the Dewan Rakyat was told.
PETALING JAYA: A standardised price for the Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test will let tourists factor the cost into their budgets prior to travelling, tourism industry players noted.
The Lao government has cut the required quarantine period for new arrivals from 14 days to seven days for certain types of visitors.
PETALING JAYA: The self-test kits (Rapid Antigen test) that use saliva for Covid-19 screening will ramp up the testing rate in the country but the results must be followed up with a confirmatory RT-PCR test, say health experts.
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Travellers entering Malaysia through the Johor international gateway must submit an application to undergo mandatory quarantine at their home or another residence at least seven days prior to their arrival.
KUALA LUMPUR: This year’s haj pilgrims are expected to get a discounted price to take the Covid-19 Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test.
KUALA LUMPUR: New restrictions will be in place for travellers planning to visit Labuan effective Thursday (July 1).
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has conducted 131,706 Covid-19 tests on Tuesday (July 13), its highest daily testing rate, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
