The NHLS was utilising every accredited laboratory to assist with Covid-19 testing.
Sibulele Bandezi, the KZN area manager for the NHLS, said each day, the backlog was being reduced.Bandezi added that the Department of Health had moved away from mass testing and adopted a more targeted approach.
He said work was already being outsourced to private partners which included private laboratories and university and research laboratories. The NHLS has not yet received supplies to meet the testing capacity of 36 000 tests per day said Bandezi. In his speech on South Africa’s response to the pandemic on Wednesday, President Cyril Ramaphosa said the number of infections has been rising rapidly over the past few weeks.
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