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. The Health Minister said he was informed ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 14 (Bernama) -- Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has advised the people to reduce dependence on reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) screening and instead use ...

Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin says it is ‘better to have 1,000 people tested with RTK-Ag than 10 people with RT-PCR’ to identify Covid-19 patients quickly. Health minister Khairy Jamaluddin has ...

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The total number of Covid-19 tests, using the RT-PCR (PCR) and RTK Antigen (RTK-Ag) kits, conducted on Thursday (June 10) is 92,420. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor ...

Two public health experts have urged authorities to exploit the advantages of different Covid-19 tests to maximise the chances of success in limiting transmissions. They referred to recent research ...

The Union government had recently ordered to stop the tests after efficacy of RTKs’ brought from China were showing variation in results in the tests conducted across the country The authenticity and ...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 -- The Health Ministry has reiterated that those who test positive for COVID-19 and have completed quarantine need not undergo further COVID-19 testing. Health director-general ...

Karnataka, which has so far only used RT-PCR (Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction) tests on samples to diagnose COVID-19, will continue to do so for the next few days. BENGALURU: Karnataka ...