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Saliva Covid-19 test method trialled at seven hospitals
Published:  Mar 4, 2021 9:33 PM
Updated: 1:33 PM

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry is trialling the use of deep throat saliva as Covid-19 test samples at seven hospitals.

This is in lieu of the usual nose (nasopharyngeal) and throat (oropharyngeal) swabs performed for such tests.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this evening that...

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