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Doctors urge Zimbabwe to dump COVID-19 rapid testing
by newzimbabwe
16 hrs ago
THE ZIMBABWE Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has urged health authorities to do discard the Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) on suspected COVID-19 patients arguing the process poses higher risks of spreading the deadly virus.
In a statement Monday, ZSHDA said the RDT method was not an effective way of detecting the disease exposing higher risks to the populace as an infected person can slip the testing process.
"The COVID-19 RDT has a fundamental limitation; they rely on the detection of antibodies made by the patient to COVID-19 infection a week to 12 days after they first become sick and are spreading it," the higher-ranking doctors said.
They further argued that the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was the best process to test for coronavirus...
Doctors urge Zimbabwe to dump COVID-19 rapid testing
by newzimbabwe
16 hrs ago
THE ZIMBABWE Senior Hospital Doctors Association (ZSHDA) has urged health authorities to do discard the Rapid Diagnostic Testing (RDT) on suspected COVID-19 patients arguing the process poses higher risks of spreading the deadly virus.
In a statement Monday, ZSHDA said the RDT method was not an effective way of detecting the disease exposing higher risks to the populace as an infected person can slip the testing process.
"The COVID-19 RDT has a fundamental limitation; they rely on the detection of antibodies made by the patient to COVID-19 infection a week to 12 days after they first become sick and are spreading it," the higher-ranking doctors said.
They further argued that the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) was the best process to test for coronavirus...