Best shot against Covid Bernama
PETALING JAYA
: The genomic surveillance and sequencing procedure has been singled out as Malaysia’s best weapon in the Covid-19 war.
Health experts said this strategy, coupled with strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOP), will be more helpful in addressing the pandemic than a total lockdown.
“Lockdowns have always had limited applications and yield unsustainable results,” said Galen Centre for Health and Social Policy chief executive officer Azrul Mohd Khalib.
He pointed out that in the United Kingdom, 7.5% of all confirmed cases are put through the genomic sequencing process.
“However, we do not do enough sampling for genomic sequencing so it is not enough to conclude that the sharp increase in the number of cases are caused by the Delta variant.”
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