Step up community testing to curtail COVID-19 spread, says AHAPN

“We are of the opinion that there is need to step up community testing of the population with a view to ascertaining the actual number of carriers of the virus.” COVID19 Testing CoronavirusInNigeria Isolation

*Hospital pharmacists recommend mass testing using rapid diagnostic test kits as inevitable to contain novel coronavirus

They said: “We are of the opinion that there is need to step up community testing of the population with a view to ascertaining the actual number of carriers of the virus and isolate such before more damage is done to the population. The current method of testing using conventional procedure has served well, but with onset of community transmission, mass testing using rapid diagnostic test kits has become inevitable.

The AHAPN said there are concerns about the safety of hospital pharmacists as some of them wear the cloth masks when interfacing with patients because of inadequate provision of PPE. The Association appealed to the government for urgent action to make the appropriate facemasks available.

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