Qualitas, Scicom launch Covid-19 testing platform

KUALA LUMPUR: Primary healthcare provider Qualitas Medical Group Sdn Bhd and Scicom (MSC) Bhd have launched an integrated Covid-19 testing platform to manage screening requirements for companies and workers.

The platform is an end-to-end system that consists of a public e-commerce website and test centre management system integrated with the Covid-19-my mobile app – which has the “track-n-trace” and “digital check-in” functions.

In a statement to Bursa Malaysia, Scicom said all Malaysian employers, their local and foreign employees can register for screenings, schedule test appointments and track test results prior to resuming their duties.

“To ensure the system is in line with existing national contact tracing efforts, each employee’s test results will be seamlessly uploaded to the Covid-19-my mobile app.

“Using this app, employees will be able to conveniently show their test results to employers and relevant authorities for verification while travelling to and from office premises,” it said.

Scicom said the app will also be configured to provide audible proximity alerts to help “at risk” users adhere to social distancing requirements, and will incorporate a digital check-in feature for businesses - enabling them to facilitate safe visitor entry and exit from office premises via the capture of a registered business QR code. Users can also check the latest safety precautions, MOH hotline, latest verified Covid-19 news and Covid-19 test centres’ contact information through this Integrated Covid-19 testing platform.

Qualitas Medical Group chairman and managing director Datuk Dr Noorul Ameen Mohamed Ishack said it was in the interest of all companies to ensure employee safety despite MCO restrictions being eased.

“All it takes is one case at the workplace to cause the potential emergence of another cluster, and this platform was designed to help combat that threat.”

All screenings will be conducted using reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests. To administer these tests, employers and employees can choose to be screened on-site (at a designated location) or at a Qualitas clinic or at a registered medical screening centre.