Thai Authorities to Distribute 8.5 Million Antigen Test Kits to Hospitals and Pharmacies

[Jonathan Fairfield]

 

BANGKOK(NNT) - Thailand’s National Health Security Office (NHSO) has partnered with the Public Health Ministry and the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) to distribute 8.5 million COVID-19 antigen test kits (ATK) to hospitals and pharmacies nationwide.

 

Dr Kornkrit Limsommut, from the Public Health Ministry’s Office of the Permanent Secretary, said the ATKs will be distributed within a week of arrival. Each province should have at least 40,000 units by the end of September. Provinces with a larger population or higher prevalence of COVID-19 cases will get more kits.

 

The NHSO has established a strong network of pharmacies and private clinics, which have participated in the organization’s previous schemes, including the medicine home delivery and home isolation programs.

 

Of the 8.5 million kits imported, 1.5 million will be reserved for emergencies, such as the detection of new clusters, which requires the rapid dispatch of the kits to affected areas.

 

 

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[Peabody]

With the high risk of faux negatives, that should help the numbers.

[seajae]

are these the 8.5 million from china that were rejected by a western country because they are no good and have been shown to not give correct results, the ones supposedly stopped by the pm in the last week?, maybe the backhanders were just too good to refuse if they are

[OKF]

those test usually show false positives rather then false negatives…

[Peabody]

5 hours ago, OKF said:

those test usually show false positives rather then false negatives…

These particular 2 tests show more false negatives.

[coolcarer]

8 hours ago, OKF said:

those test usually show false positives rather then false negatives…

That’s right but I read they show around 5% false positive so not bad but probably best to take another the next day to make sure

[Joseph98765]

That's fantastic! 

So with a test that gives positive with a Soda will be the way to go...????????

 

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/sodas-lemon-juice-cause-false-positives-in-rapid-covid-19-tests-68965

 

[unblocktheplanet]

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