Health workers with coronavirus samples for testing from hotel workers in Nyeri. Some labs have been giving conflicting results. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NATION MEDIA GROUP
KMPDC added that testing for Covid-19 by PLK is PCR, which is as recommended by the Ministry of Health, the Centres for Disease Control and the World Health Organization.
Dr Ahmed Kalebi, who has found himself at the centre of some of the contradictory results, said the Seegen Allplex assay used by Lancet has high sensitivity “and this makes it more accurate in detecting Covid-19”.
The Ministry of Health has ordered an audit of private and public laboratories conducting Covid-19 tests.
In a letter to the Kenya Medical Laboratory Technicians and Technologists Board (KMLTTB), Health Ministry Acting Director-General Patrick Amoth said 30 laboratories have to be audited following conflicting coronavirus test results.
