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Panic As Senior Govt Doctor Says Individuals Who Tested Negative For Coronavirus Need To Be Retested

3 years agoFri, 03 Apr 2020 11:38:54 GMT
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Panic As Senior Govt Doctor Says Individuals Who Tested Negative For Coronavirus Need To Be Retested

Dr Portia Manangazira, the Epidemiology and Disease Control director in the Ministry of Health and Child Care, recently told The Herald that it might be necessary to retest individuals who initially tested negative as tests could have been done prematurely.

She said:

We might need to retest all those contacts who initially tested negative because we might have tested them too early.

Dr Mananganzira’s remarks triggered confusion among citizens with some demanding to know the meaning of “too early”.

Advocate Fadzayi Mahere, the Secretary for Education in the opposition MDC posted on Twitter and said:

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Dear @MoHCCZim 1. Please explain why some of those tested will need resting? 2. What do you mean they “tested too early”? 3. Is your testing process flawed? 4. When is “too early”? 5. Do your lab tests not pick up the #CoronaVirus when it’s “too early”?

Some responses to Mahere’s questions suggested that it is not surprising since coronavirus can be detected when 14 days have elapsed after potential exposure adding that the same was true with HIV/AIDS which needs 3 months.

Dr Mananganzira’s remarks also come when China has reported that about 14 percent of Chinese nationals who had recovered from the virus have tested positive again.

More: The Herald; Fadzayi Mahere

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