Wits University is urgently looking for people who tested positive for Covid-19, people in close contact with someone who tested positive and those who tested negative for a rapid test study. TheStar_news coronavirus day47oflockdown
Johannesburg - Wits University is urgently looking for people who tested positive for Covid-19, people in close contact with someone who tested positive and those who tested negative for a rapid test study.
Mayne said testing for coronavirus was currently difficult, expensive, needed a full laboratory and took about 24 to 48 hours for a result. The study, which was approved by the university’s Human Research Ethics Committee, required about 300 participants to check various rapid tests that were being brought into South Africa to make sure that they worked.
She added that the experience across the world had been varied in terms of how well the rapid tests performed.
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