Medicines regulator: do not use rapid home test kits for Covid-19
The regulator says the tests are potentially inaccurate and may fail to detect the disease in its early stages, thus giving a false negative
31 March 2020 - 17:10
SA’s medicines regulator has warned the public not to use rapid blood tests for Covid-19, saying they are potentially inaccurate and may fail to detect the disease in its early stages.
Covid-19 is caused by the SARS-Cov-2 coronavirus and, by Tuesday, had sickened more than 1,325 people, and caused three deaths in SA...
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