SINGAPORE - Swab tests for the coronavirus have been extended from public and private hospitals here to all 19 polyclinics and several general practitioner clinics, The Straits Times has learnt.
The gold standard test is done at laboratories, using the real-time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction technique to detect virus genetic material in a patient's specimen. The ParkwayHealth Laboratory said that it has processed more than 1,000 tests since March 3, after receiving MOH approval.The A*Star test kit was developed with Tan Tock Seng Hospital, and has been used in six local public hospitals and four private hospitals in Singapore, according to the agency.
Good. Considering the virus is going to be part of our lives for a while. This will make testing more accessible and potentially allow early detection. But with more testing, we may need to have more testing labs.
Good. All patients with mild flu symptoms should be tested
Thanks but no thanks
If you want it to be effective, you need to get the results much faster than that. And you need to go door to door. We'd rather assume we don't have it and not confirm than to confirm that we are carriers without symptoms and face some inconvenient personal sanctions. 🙄
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