By Siti Rohaizah Zainal
KAJANG, June 27 — Targetted screening for localities that registered high Covid-19 infection will be held at the Kajang constituency.
Its representative Hee Loy Sian said the initiative would be carried out after results from the third phase of the community screening organised by the Selangor government in the constituency yesterday have been evaluated.
“For example, if a certain area records high positive cases, all residents in the community are required to undergo screening.
“The purpose is to detect those who are positive but asymptomatic and are still out doing daily activities,” he said at the free Covid-19 community screening at Dewan Seri Cempaka here yesterday.
Prior to this, the same programme was held at other constituencies namely Seri Setia, Taman Medan, Gombak Setia, Sungai Tua and Taman Templer.
For Kajang it was yesterday, as for Hulu Kelang and Bukit Antarabangsa, the programme is held today.
“Pink bracelets were put on Individuals suspected to be positive, they also asked to undergo Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test to confirm the status of the infection, and were provided with home assessment tools kit,” he said.
