Corona testing curbed by lack of test materials

Testing sample of a suspected case of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in Stuttgart, Germany on January 29, 2020. PHOTO | AFP

Testing for coronavirus disease in the country is being held back by a shortage of test materials in government laboratories.

The Business Daily has established that State institutions like the National Influenza Lab and the Kenyatta National Hospital have a backlog of unprocessed tests, in a sign of the impact of the shortages caused by a worldwide race to acquire test kits.

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