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Ramping Up COVID-19 Strategies

14 May 2021: Increasing
Vaccination Capacity
AstraZeneca vaccination

capacity at World Trade
Centre Kuala Lumpur
will be increased to
8100 doses a day
starting tomorrow. §

Source: Astro Awani §

15 May 2021: Diversifying
Strategies These include:
Increase in laboratories' capacity
that can conduct RT-PCR
diagnostic tests;
Outsourcing of SARS-CoV-2
screening tests to private
laboratories;
Using RTK-Ag test as a screening

test to detect SARS-CoV-2 rapidly
in large numbers; and
Screening testing using saliva -
easier and faster and can be
performed by all. §
Source: Prezi

Another Million Vaccines
The government

announces that 1 million
AstraZeneca vaccines will
be available for opt-in
registration. §

Source: MOH Facebook §
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