Gov't doesn't conduct house-to-house test, Ismail says after scam scare
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CORONAVIRUS | The public is advised that health authorities do not conduct house-to-house Covid-19 swab tests with the exception of areas placed under enhanced movement control order (MCO), Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.
He said this following a message and images that have gone viral on social media of an alleged scam in which individuals purporting to be Health Ministry officers arriving at a person's home in a ministry van on the pretext of conducting door-to-door tests.
Ismail added that the Health Ministry has since lodged a police report...
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