A 'global scramble for test kits', suppliers' inability to provide enough kits and locked down airports means the department of health needs to be 'more selective'.
Diepsloot residents can be seen getting screened and tested for the Covid-19 virus at a testing site in the Diepsloot Park, 8 May 2020, Johannesburg. Picture: Jacques Nelles
South Africa faces significant constraints with testing kits for Covid-19, parliament’s health committees heard on Wednesday evening. Slide 75 stated the APP, strategy and budget “are going to require an extensive review in light of the reprioritisation due to the Covid-19 pandemic”. DA MP Mbulelo Bara said a presentation without mention of Covid-19 “means we are not living in this day and age”.Health Minister Zweli Mkhize did not attend the meeting as he was meeting members of faith communities with President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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