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Experts warn against reducing testing, say it may worsen the pandemic

The Health Ministry on Wednesday rolled out a new procedure in Covid-19 contact tracing where testing is done only for close contacts who are symptomatic.

Its implementation came on the same day six states were again placed under a lockdown, dubbed the movement control order (MCO), and at a time when a state of emergency was declared, which the government claimed was to fight the pandemic.

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