Sabah Covid-19 daily testing capacity will increase to 3,150
COVID-19 | Sabah’s capacity to process Covid-19 samples will increase from 2,750 to 3,150 samples daily when two testing labs are completed and ready for operation, said Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Masidi Manjun.
He said the Mobile Modular PRC lab in Lahad Datu hospital has been installed and the "testing and commissioning" (T&C) process was scheduled today, while the upgrading of the Pathology Department Molecular Lab in Tawau Hospital was 95 percent complete and is expected to schedule T&C on Wednesday...
COVID-19 | Sabah’s capacity to process Covid-19 samples will increase from 2,750 to 3,150 samples daily when two testing labs are completed and ready for operation, said Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Masidi Manjun.
He said the Mobile Modular PRC lab in Lahad Datu hospital has been installed and the "testing and commissioning" (T&C) process was scheduled today, while the upgrading of the Pathology Department Molecular Lab in Tawau Hospital was 95 percent complete and is expected to schedule T&C on Wednesday.
"When the two labs are completed and operational, the capacity to test Covid-19 samples will increase by 200 samples each a day, enabling us to add 400 samples daily to our testing capacity.
"The increase of 400 samples is important because it will help reduce the number of untested samples and next year we will increase the capacity from 3,150 to 4,000 samples a day,” he said at the state government’s Covid-19 briefing today.
Meanwhile, he said the National Security Council special meeting agreed with the state government’s suggestion to allow scuba diving activities in the state as they were categorised as non-physical contact sports and recreational activity.
"Scuba divers, however, are not allowed to travel across districts. A diver from Kota Kinabalu is only allowed to dive in that district, and not cross districts to Semporna to dive,” he added.
Diving activities are allowed with the condition that the boat carrying the divers to the dive site must not exceed 30 percent of its capacity to ensure there is physical distancing, and that the Covid-19 standard operating procedure issued by the Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Ministry is adhered to.
Separately, Masidi said that based on monitoring by the Sabah Department of Environment (DOE), Sedafiat Sdn Bhd, the company licensed to treat and dispose of clinical waste in Sabah, received six to 13 tonnes of clinical waste daily, including from 45 quarantine centres in the state.
"The DOE monitors the quantity of clinical waste received for treatment and disposal by the company daily. Checks conducted have found an increase in clinical waste following the rise in Covid-19 cases in Sabah,” he said.
- Bernama
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