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Outcome of sentinel sampling surveillance

What is the outcome of surveillance on sentinel sampling? The Director General

(DG) of Health Malaysia, Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah’s talked about the
surveillance activities in his statement on 13 May 2020. He said although the

number of sporadic cases is low, the ministry will continue its efforts to detect such
cases early.

“As of the 18th week of the epidemic, as many as 9,010 samples have been taken
from ILI and SARI patients, out of which 81 cases or 0.9 percent were found to be
COVID-19 positive.”

These are COVID-19 positive cases from the community who do not have any
contact with confirmed COVID-19. The number of sporadic cases is not a lot, and

in fact has been decreasing. However, it is important to detect these sporadic
cases.