SHORTAGE OF COVID TEST KITS AND DELAYED TEST RESULTS IMPERIL LIVES IN GAUTENG
1 July 2021
I am concerned by long queues at many Covid-19 public testing centres in Gauteng which have run out of test kits, and the results of the tests that are done can take five days to be released.
This is putting lives at risk as speedy Covid-19 test results inform infected people of the need to isolate themselves to prevent infection of other people as well as seek appropriate treatment.
Some clinics in Johannesburg are only given 12 test swabs a day, which is completely inadequate.
A pop up testing centre at a shopping centre in Eldorado Park attracted many people wanting tests but closed after only two hours.