Khairy Jamaluddin is developing a more consistent testing strategy where MOH can clearly identify whether an area is in late containment or mitigation stage.
The target should be to attain and maintain the WHO benchmark of 5% positivity rate, as well as to trace and quarantine 80% of close contacts within three days of confirmation of a case.
The Malaysian Community Pharmacy Guild says suppliers are profiting the most from the ceiling price for Covid-19 self-test kits, while pharmacies are forced to shoulder the cost alone.
Given the sudden announcement by the ministry, it is impossible for pharmacies to clear their stocks using the old prices. Why wasn’t a grace period given to industry players?
Yeo Bee Yin tells Khairy Jamaluddin to improve the FTTIS approach, as insufficient testing and inefficient manual contact tracing allows the virus to spread unchecked.