Health expert: 'There is an urgent need to upscale Covid-19 testing facilities'

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The total number of people testing positive for the deadly coronavirus in SA is 'an underestimate of the burden of Covid-19'.

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This is the view of Shabir Madhi, a professor of vaccinology at the University of the Witwatersrand, who delivered a presentation to the university's council on Friday. This was because the majority of testing in the private sector was done “using an algorithm geared towards detecting imported cases and their contacts”.

 

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