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Mozambique: Manica awaits results of Covid-19 tests – report
3:24 CAT | 22 Apr 2020
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To date, the provincial health directorate in Manica has collected and sent to Maputo a total of ten samples of suspected Covid-19 cases for testing, and is awaiting the results of the last two, Radio Mozambique reported yesterday.
Provincial director of health Firmino Jaqueta said that there are strict criteria for collecting samples from patients suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus.
”Of the ten samples sent to date, eight have already returned negative results. The last one was sent the day before yesterday (Sunday), and we hope to get the results back within the stipulated period,” he said.
Jaqueta revealed that about 2,300 people in the province are in home quarantine.
Manica aguarda resultados de testagens do Covid-19
A direcção provincial de Saúde, na província de Manica colectou e enviou para testagem um total de dez amostras suspeitas de Covid-19, aguardando-se o resultado de duas.
O director provincial da saúde, Firmino Jaqueta, disse que há critérios rigorosos para a colecta de amostras em pacientes suspeitos de infecção pelo novo coronavírus.
Jaqueta afirmou por outro lado, que cerca de duas mil e trezentas pessoas estão em quarentena domiciliária na província.
” Das dez amostras, oito já recebemos os resultados que são negativos. A última foi antes de ontem que enviamos e esperamos que dentro do prazo regulamentado venhamos a receber os resultados”, frisou.
Source: Rádio Moçambique
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