Press Release – Statement on validation of COVID-19 test results for October 9, 2020
The Ministry of Health (MOH) hereby advises that the National Public Health Reference Laboratory is still in the process of validating the COVID-19 test results from yesterday, October 5, 2020.
These unvalidated test results include those received from both public and private laboratories.
As a consequence, the MOH is unable to issue the full content of the Daily Dashboard for today, October 6th, 2020. Hence, for the row with “NUMBER OF NEW CASES”, the figure is replaced with “NA” (not available).
This is in keeping with COVID-19 reporting guidelines, as no new positive case can be reported until validation.
However, in order not to delay the submission, the MOH took a decision to release the Daily Dashboard minus the test results from yesterday, but with current information on recoveries, deaths and institutional isolation, along with other usual details.
The MOH sincerely apologises for this and assures members of the public that the test results for yesterday will be released as soon as they are validated.