Saw, Lip Huat
Leo, Bey Fen http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8075-0295
Nor, Norefrina Shafinaz Md
Yip, Chee Wai
Ibrahim, Nazlina
Hamid, Haris Hafizal Abd
Latif, Mohd Talib
Lin, Chin Yik
Nadzir, Mohd Shahrul Mohd
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia research grant (COVID-2020-004)
Universiti Malaya COVID-19 Special Research Grant (CSRG009-2020ST)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2021
Accepted: 17 May 2021
First Online: 25 May 2021
Declarations
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: The air samplers of the SARS-CoV-2 were collected from 31 March 2020 to 4 April 2020 during the Movement Control Order period (from March 31, 2020, to April 4, 2020) at a hospital located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The collection of the air samples from the patients infected with SARS-CoV-2 was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) with a reference number of UKM PPI/111/8/JEP-2020-251. These samples were used to confirm the presence of the SARS-COV-2 virus on the air sampler.
: The consent was approved by the Research Ethics Committee, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), with a reference number of UKM PPI/111/8/JEP-2020-251.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
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