Friday, 27 September, 2024
Kanchanpur, May 8: Tests for coroinavirus through PCR have been affected in Sudurpaschim State since Thursday due to lack of kits, said the state health directorate.
"The Ministry of Health and Population is said to be supplying kits. The shipments are expected to arrive by tonight. Fifty five swab samples collected have yet to be tested for want of kits. Only the health directorate in the state has been testing swabs through PCR," said Hemraj Joshi, contact person for the directorate.
The state government has decided to set up laboratories in Baitadi and Doti districts to test for the infection through PCR. "A feasibility study in this regard has been carried out," he said.
Of swabs of 2,923 suspected collected until Thursday, five were tested positive for the virus and reports of others were negative. Of the infected, four were discharged from hospitals after being cured. So far, 17,524 suspected people were tested for the infection in the state through PCR and rapid diagnostic test, he said.
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