Contradictory Covid take a look at outcomes depart Kerala well being staff apprehensive
2 min read By Express News Service
KOLLAM: Amid the spike in day by day Covid circumstances, contradictory take a look at outcomes of some folks at Karimbikonam in Yeroor panchayat right here have left well being staff apprehensive and introduced the accuracy of the checks below a cloud.
The incident passed off on Saturday (January 23) throughout a Covid testing camp held after the area witnessed a spike in circumstances.
As many as 180 contacts of 20 new sufferers underwent antigen testing of whom 63 examined constructive.
However, a couple of of them examined unfavourable in one other antigen take a look at that they underwent in a non-public hospital at Anchal right here on Sunday.
Following this, an emergency assembly attended by well being staff was referred to as within the panchayat on Monday and samples have been collected from the individuals in query for RT-PCR checks on the Punalur Government Hospital. The outcomes will likely be obtained on Tuesday.
“Since they had no Covid symptoms, a few persons who tested positive in the antigen test at the camp, decided to get tested from the private hospital. It seems they did this as they were not willing to be in quarantine. When they informed the authorities about the contradictory result, an immediate meeting was called by the panchayat officials in coordination with health workers,” mentioned Yeroor panchayat president T Ajayan.
He mentioned the samples of the folks involved have been collected for RT-PCR checks and the outcomes are anticipated to be out by Tuesday.
“The situation here is under control, as the patients have been advised to stay under observation until the final results are received,” mentioned Ajayan.
The officers mentioned completely different outcomes of even one individual is trigger for concern. Hence, on this case, there was a robust want to analyze and produce readability as to which end result was inaccurate, they mentioned.
