KUALA LUMPUR – NanoMalaysia Berhad is developing a Covid-19 rapid test kit that is capable of producing results in just two minutes.
Its chief executive Rezal Khairi Ahmad said with the availability of the test kit, more economic sectors can be opened up to stimulate the economy again and restore the income of the people and the country.
“This test kit uses gold metal particles that can (determine) whether a person is infected by Covid-19 in just two minutes, which is very effective for use in the manufacturing sector and others that employ many workers.
“With this test kit, employees who are found to be negative can be allowed to work, while those who test positive can be instructed to go for Covid-19 swab test,” he said when appearing as a panellist at an online forum on expert consultation, COVID-19: Islamic Responses, organised by the Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM) online here today.
Meanwhile, IKIM chairman Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid in his welcoming speech said the institute has published two books on work done by its researchers on Islamic views in managing epidemics, which were published in newspapers last year.
He hopes the books – Islam dan Wabak: Pengajaran daripada Covid-19, and Islam and Pandemics: Lessons from Covid-19 – will help spread an understanding of Islamic views on the management of epidemics the country is currently facing. – Bernama, March 17, 2021
