Nation | by Nasibo Kabale
Shortage of sample kits derails testing
A shortage of Covid-19 specimen collection kits has led to fewer tests that could prompt misleading interpretation that the number of new infections is falling.
A senior Ministry of Health official told the Nation yesterday that the country is not carrying out enough tests because of a stock out of the kits, especially in counties outside Nairobi.
The implication is that the average daily tests are 3,000 less than the number deemed sufficient to project the infection rate.
