But the reason for the failure to collect the samples remains unknown due to a lack of monitoring. The Directorate General of Health Services, the civil surgeon of Dhaka, and the labs have conflicting stories to tell about the issue. “The workers need holidays,” said Nazmul Karim, the additional director of BSMMU, defending the decision to stop testing on Fridays. Nasima Sultana, the additional director general at the DGHS, claimed the labs have never stopped testing samples, but the private ones are not testing regularly as fewer patients opt for testing there due to high fees. Only a handful of people came to Dhaka’s Mugda Medical College Hospital for coronavirus tests on Wednesday.

Source: bd News24 November 25, 2020 02:03 UTC