By Khairul Azran Hussin
SHAH ALAM, May 8 — No Covid-19 cases were detected from the Selangor targetted Covid-19 community screening held in Salak Tinggi on April 21, which involved 397 individuals.
Selangor Task Force for Covid-19 (STFC) said the screening was conducted in accordance with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) and had used test kits that were approved by the Health Ministry (MOH).
“A total of 397 individuals were screened and no positive cases were found. The guidelines set by the MOH and the real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kits were used during the screening,” the task force wrote on its Twitter account yesterday.
Selangor Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari on April 28 had announced that 10 positive cases were detected out of the total 5,433 individuals screened through the large-scale testing programme. Eight were found to be asymptomatic carriers.
The state mass Covid-19 testing initiative was carried out in six areas from April 11 to 23.
The drive-thru and door-to-door services were conducted in stages involving locations that include Hulu Langat, State Secretariat building, Shah Alam, Petaling, Klang, Sepang, Hulu Selangor and Gombak.
The community screening report can be downloaded at http://www.selangorprihatin.com beginning May 1.