KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 7 The Ministry of Education (MOE) has issued a Letter of Acceptance to three companies that supply Covid-19 self-test kits to schools on September 13 with a total contract value of RM9.72 million. Its minister Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said the matter was decided after the MOE.
Some P550 million worth of COVID-19 kits procured by the government expired at the time the country was struggling to test suspected coronavirus patients and their close contacts, Senator Francis Pangilinan pointed out on Tuesday.Pangilinan also said that the government lost around P1.25 billion for paying in full the procured COVID-19 test kits which have short shelf life or near-expiry.