Only 30-40pc in Tawau’s Emco areas go for tests

TAWAU: Only 30 to 40 per cent of residents in localities placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (Emco here have gone for their Covid-19 screening tests by the Health Department. 

Tawau Area Health Officer Dr G Navindran (pic) said although the number of residents who have undergone screening has reached thousands, the percentage is still less when many more residents do not go down to the designated screening locations because many “do not care”.

 

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