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No life in danger from testing backlog: Mkhize

03 June 2020 - 08:00 By TANYA FARBER
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Health minister Zweli Mkhize.
Health minister Zweli Mkhize.
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Amid fears over a Covid-19 test result backlog, health minister Zweli Mkhize has assured that “no life is compromised by the backlog”.

A positive result does not change a doctor’s clinical management of someone with symptoms, he insists.

 

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