The nurse explained that they do a nasopharyngeal test or nasal swab because it is 60% accurate in comparison to the oropharyngeal test, which is only about 30% accurate.
South Africans aren’t unaccustomed to queueing in a drive-thru, ordering and then waiting for food. But a drive-thru station that conducts Covid-19 tests has to be a first. Then again, we’re experiencing many firsts since the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus hit South African shores just over a month ago.
The mobile testing station intends to operate throughout the nationwide shutdown, in order to improve access and reduce the risk and spread of infection, while contributing to “flattening the curve”. “Otherwise you come with a doctor’s letter. Meaning you are being referred or you have active symptoms, which is coughing, high fever and also shortness of breath.”
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