RTK Ag

The Perak government has prepared 1,000 free self-test COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test Kits (RTK-Ag) for each of 59 ADUN service centres.

COVID-19 positive individuals who are undergoing HSO order can be released on the fourth day if confirmed negative through COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test (RTK-Ag) supervised by a medical practitioner.

Screening can be done at any private health facilities including clinics and hospitals within 24 hours of arrival in Malaysia.

Travellers who fail to undergo a professional RTK-Ag test for COVID-19 within 24 hours upon arrival in Malaysia could face deportation, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.

Nanta said the enforcement team would be monitoring but would not issue compound and would instead give traders reminders.

10 positive cases were detected using the RTK Ag saliva test kit and one was detected through the RT-PCR test.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on Twitter informed that 53,876 PCR and 38,544 RTK-Ag tests were conducted.

Apart from PPR and PA, two test centres with drive-throughs are being planned and the number of locations will be increased by June 15.

Currently, the MOH was still using the nasopharyngeal (nose) and oropharyngeal (throat) swab methods to detect COVID-19 cases.

RTK-Ag should also be performed within the first five to seven days following the onset of symptoms for best results.

Malaysia was one of the first few countries in the world to use Antigen Rapid Test Kit (RTK-Ag) as COVID-19 screening test, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The National Task Force (NTF) has received 50,000 Antigen Rapid Test Kits (RTK-Ag) from the National Security Council (MKN) for the frontliners serving under 'Op Benteng'.

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