The provincial health chief of Thailand’s southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat has ordered all state-run hospitals in the province to stop using the Chinese-made Lepu rapid antigen test kits (ATKs) due to a high percentage of inaccurate results.

 

Dr. Charaspong Sukree, the provincial health chief, 1,000 people in Thung Yai were tested using Lepu ATK’s, which produced 187 positive results for COVID-19. When this “infected” group was subjected to RT-PCR tests, only 92 turned out to be infected.

 

“This represents 50% false positive, which cannot be accepted for use in hospitals because it is against the objective and unethical,” said Dr. Charaspong today, adding that he has already ordered all hospitals in the province to stop using the Lepu ATKs.

 

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What a surprise (not). Just more Chinese junk.

The US advised not to buy kits from this manufacturer in China due to them being so ineffective.

 

The Rural Doctors Society in Thailand did the same, Prayut at one point indicated that they would not go ahead with the order, low and behold, Thailand purchased 8.5 million of these kits that are not worthy of being used with such a high rate of inaccuracy.

too late now - money has already exchanged pockets 

 

who approved these for purchase ? 

 

The murky world of Anutin

Gave you the disease, destroyed your economy, now selling you dodgy testing gear, sub standard vaccines, etc.

 

I bet those submarines are gonna be filled with holes

10 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

What a surprise (not). Just more Chinese junk.

agree ...........    everything folks buy on Shopee, Lazada and in the shops here is ALL CHINESE junk.

it works for a week then stops working, or breaks.

China has zero quality control or assurance.

Dis they retest the "non infected" group?

11 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

What a surprise (not). Just more Chinese junk.

Just a shame that Covid proved to be successful.

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

agree ...........    everything folks buy on Shopee, Lazada and in the shops here is ALL CHINESE junk.

it works for a week then stops working, or breaks.

China has zero quality control or assurance.

Covid worked 

1 hour ago, fangless said:

Dis they retest the "non infected" group?

Good question - whilst fifty percent false positives are bad enough, cos. of of wasted time, effort, and expense, false negatives would be a greater concern from a virus containment perspective.

13 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

What a surprise (not). Just more Chinese junk.

Horrors! You are offending the SinoDefenders on this board who never tire of telling us how effective sinovac is.

Chinese Junk is not a type of ship.

The thing is the organisation that was against buying these tests said they would run tests on them to show they were bad. This has not happened i gues the organisation that bought them pressured them not too.

 

Now we got tests that do not work good even though the buyers said it would be good. I wonder if anything comes of this. Probably not.

Just shows all uncle Tu cares about are the brown envelopes and his subservience to the pay masters and has scant regard for the well being of the people of Thailand and medical or moral ethics.

5 hours ago, nausea said:

Good question - whilst fifty percent false positives are bad enough, cos. of of wasted time, effort, and expense, false negatives would be a greater concern from a virus containment perspective.

50% accuracy is basically the same as a flip of a coin. The article does not mentioned the accuracy of false negatives. It could be the same for all we know. 

21 hours ago, Scrotobike said:

What a surprise (not). Just more Chinese junk.

Just waiting for China to put a full page in the Thai propaganda press how grateful Thais should be for using their cr@p tests no one else wants

so now it's a choice between 80b per the very same ATK (which I have bought already at bulk at large pharmacy) and 2500-3000 baht for PCR test at health clinics.

Those ATK's I can afford to have every few days, so far I am doing them every 4-5 days. Those PCR I won't ever do, before my ATK shows positive and if I feel under the weather. Too expensive to do them at will. Insurance doesn't cover it, unless positive.

PCR's in thailand are most probably also made in china, as well as antibody tests (the same company, Lupu, makes them), just for different purpose, and certainly different price.

ATK's suppose to be for personal, home use. In the West they are free to everybody 2 per week, or more, if needed.

They are good enough as they are. If positive often needs PCR confirmation. But in thailand they are good for starting isolation, treatment and even hospitalisation.

For hospital use, for medical personel, probably there should be other, more reliable tests. Most probably there is a choice