By ELIZABETH MERAB More by this AuthorPathologists Lancet Kenya has acknowledged that there is a variance between its positive coronavirus results and the negative results from the other labs in some cases where repeat testing has been done. Lancet's East Africa CEO Dr Ahmed Kalebi, however, has insisted that the Sars-CoV-2 PCR tests done at a cost of Sh8,849 are 100 percent sensitive and specific. In a Facebook post, Dr Kalebi said the incident of disparities was not unique and that the facility has been audited by three government institutions. “In the past two weeks, the laboratory has undergone investigations and inspections by various government agencies including the National Covid-19 Command Centre and other health regulatory bodies on the matter of Covid-19 testing at our lab. A repeat test at the Nairobi Hospital, however, returned negative results prompting Mr Njomo to approach the Ministry of Health director-general with the contradictory results.

Source: Daily Nation July 03, 2020 03:33 UTC