Covid-19 tests could not be delivered
CAPE TOWN – Covid-19 testing by the National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) was challenging last week as test kits that were ordered could not be delivered due to logistical issues outside the control of the NHLS, a spokesperson said late Friday.
Alarm bells have rung in the past few days about the low levels of CovId-19 testing amid the continuing rise in the incidence disease, particularly in the Western Cape where its provincial government plans to contract private test facilities as state facilities don’t have sufficient capacity, and because people countrywide have to wait up to seven days for test results, raising the risk of them spreading the virus.
The NHLS said however it had experienced further delays in the transport of testing supply kits, due to the lockdown, flight cancellations and long weekends.
Source: iol.co.za
