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Multi-sectoral

Collaboration

In Increasing

Diagnostic

Capacity 2 3 1 4 5 6 9 10 8
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1 - 3. Lab staff processing specimens
for COVID-19 test in IMR
4 - 10. Handling and processing
specimens for COVID-19 test in
MOH hospitals’ laboratories

A joint effort between MOH, Ministry of
Higher Education, Ministry of Science,
Technology, and Innovation (MOSTI), Ministry
of Defence and private health sector saw an
increase in Malaysia’s diagnostics capacity for
COVID-19 with an increase in the number of
laboratories involved including those in public
hospitals, public health laboratories, Institute
of Medical Research, university laboratories,
laboratories within the Malaysian Armed
Forces, the Malaysian Genome Institute, and
private laboratories.

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