COVID-19: Bayelsa govt state reasons for delay in COVID-19 results
The Bayelsa State government has reacted to the complaints of delay in confirming COVID-19 results in the state.
Some patients and medical practitioners had earlier lamented about the delay experienced in confirmation of coronavirus results after observation of isolation to determine results. However, reacting, Dr Nathaniel Apoku, Co-Chairman of Bayelsa’s COVID-19 Task Force, said the delays were due to scarcity of reagents at the NCDC laboratories in Edo and Port Harcourt, NAN reports.
Apoku said that the state, in the last two weeks, had over 300 pending samples of suspected COVID-19 cases at the laboratories. He mentioned that the laboratories were having issues with reagents and supplies, hence the delay in returning the results.
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