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Health Ministry targets at-risk groups for Covid-19 mass testing

BY JERRY CHOONG

PUTRAJAYA, April 6 — The Health Ministry’s latest strategy in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic is to look at mass testing of groups at high risk of infection. “With the limited resources the ministry has, it would be best to target such high-risk groups like the Sri Petaling tabligh members or the Kuching church, nationwide,” he said during the daily Health Ministry press conference.

 

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