Some hospitals have been delaying the release of COVID-19 test results causing a spike in the spread of the virus, The PUNCH has learnt.
It was learnt on Tuesday that some persons suspected to have contracted COVID-19 were made to wait between two and three weeks to get their results.
Akinyosoye, who is almost 70, told The PUNCH that after he was tested, he was told to check back in two weeks for the result. “When I asked why, they said they were sending samples to the UCH and that too many people were coming for testing even from far away Ondo State. I asked why they couldn’t decentralise the testing, but they didn’t respond.”“I was told it takes three weeks in some cases to get results.
The President of the NMA, Prof. Innocent Ujah, who spoke to one of our correspondents in Jos, said it was strange that the samples taken from patients for testing would take two to three weeks before their results would be released. He asked, “How come the results will not be released for two or three weeks? Where is that happening? Well, I’m not privy to that, but we won’t say that is okay because it portends danger for not only the person that goes for test, if the person is positive, there is the tendency that such a person will have infected many people between the time the person did the test and the outcome of the result. The tendency is very high.
The message read, “For states that do not have a laboratory, samples are transported to the nearest state with a laboratory for testing of COVID-19.
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