A Zaka woman who was rushed to Musiso Mission Hospital
after a miscarriage yesterday, has tested positive to Covid -19 virus following
tests done on Rapid Tests Kits (RBT).
Rapid Tests Kits results are not reliable and they are not
depended upon at least for now.
The RBT results will only be confirmed after the second
stage tests done on PCR or the Gold Standard Tests which is more reliable (70%)
and only carried out in Harare.
The woman will only be conclusively identified as positive
after the Harare tests.
The Mirror has it from impeccable sources that samples from
the Zaka patient were sent to Harare yesterday and results are likely to be
released at 9pm today or early morning tomorrow.
If found positive, the woman will be the first Covid-19
case reported in Masvingo Province.
Rapid tests kits have been distributed to many hospitals in
the country over the last few days and they are now under use mainly for
screening.
The RBT checks to see if a body is reacting to the presence
of a virus. Its results are not accurate because the test may be detect the
body’s response to other viruses other than Covid-19.
However, the Gold
Standard Test hunts for the actual Covid – 19 virus in the sample which makes
it more reliable at 70%.
Efforts to get a comment from Masvingo Provincial Medical
Director, Dr Amadeus Shamu were futile. Masvingo Mirror
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