By JULIET MWAKWAMA and Flavior KanungoTHERE is low stocks of Covid-19 test kits following increased uptake by members of the public, Ministry of Health permanent secretary administration George Magwende has said.And Health Minister Sylvia Masebo said government had revised the testing criteria for Covid-19 in order to maximize on resources as the transmission during the fourth wave remained high.But this led to speculation that the country had run out of test kits for covid19.However Dr Magwende has described as mere speculation the information that some health facilities have run out of covid19 test kits.He said the government would not allow the country to run to zero stock as it is doing everything possible to restock.“We still have the test kits and people are testing even today, but the stocks are getting lower and lower because the uptake is high, but to say that we are running to zero no, we will not allow that,”. Dr […]
Covid19 test kits run out?
