Test for COVID-19 slows down in Sudur Paschim State for lack of test kits

Siddharaj Bhatta/Dhangadhi, April 17. Tests for coronavirus have slowed in Sudur Paschim State due to the lack of test kits. Although the rapid diagnostic test (RDT) is going ahead in a vigorous manner, tests according to the polymerase change reaction (PCR) have been very slow.

Two thousand three hundred and ninety one samples were tested using the PCR technology until April 13. Similarly, a total 2,520 samples had been tested until April 14 and only 2,528 as of April 16.