All 17 COVID-19 samples have returned 'negative'- Hon Malone
The confirmation brings the total number of persons tested in the Territory to 64 with 61 negative and three (3) positive cases as of today, Monday, April 6, 2020.
"Today we are announcing that 17 samples were collected by teams from the Regional Security System and tested by CARPHA over the past two days and the good news is that; all results were negative for the virus that causes COVID-19," Hon Malone said.
Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert, in a statement on Saturday, April 4, 2020, had said “A further eight samples were sent today for testing, taking the total awaiting test results to 17.”
Re-testing for positive cases
Hon Minister made the announcement of the results today, alongside Premier and Minister of Finance, Hon Andrew A. Fahie (R1), at their now daily press conferences to update the public on the Territory's COVID-19 response measures.
He said the three positive cases will be re-tested to determine if they have fully recovered from COVID-19, underscoring that the cases only exhibited mild symptoms and did not require hospitalisation.
Hon Malone noted that there is still no sign of community transmission of the virus in the Territory; however, he affirmed that the government has enhanced its surveillance for the virus in those quarantined.
Surveillance expanded
“Our teams continue to expand surveillance and testing, provide support to all persons in quarantine and strictly monitor for development of signs and symptoms of the disease to ensure appropriate isolation, management, and/or treatment as necessary,” Hon Malone said.
He encouraged residents to call the medical hotline at 852-7650, if persons experience symptoms and assured that assistance will be made available for medical assessment and guidance.
"Our mission is to find and isolate any remaining cases of COVID-19 in the Territory, in order to minimise the risk of community spread and the suffering and loss that this will bring," Hon Malone said in reiterating the need for the 24/7 curfew.
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25 Responses to “All 17 COVID-19 samples have returned 'negative'- Hon Malone”
So you have a cough and fever, and you just got test results back for the novel coronavirus: Negative!
But wait a second. Your doctor may still caution you to act like you could have it. Stay home. Self-isolate. Don’t go visit your parents.
What’s going on? The clamor for long-delayed coronavirus testing is teaching a basic lesson about how all medical tests work: No test is 100 percent accurate. Some test results may incorrectly say that a person has a condition, but they don’t. That’s a false positive. Other tests may incorrectly say someone doesn’t have a condition, but they do. That’s a false negative, and for covid-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus, at this stage of the outbreak, experts are more worried about this type of inaccuracy.
See more at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2020/03/26/negative-coronavirus-test-result-doesnt-always-mean-you-arent-infected/
Too early to feel we’re off the hook
I’ve seen cases taking as much as 25 days to show positive.
On that quarantine note
Many saw some of the days persons again in the shopping spree couple days ago .
Over the past 2 days. A 2 day turn around?
If we had the likes the light weight of aaron, Travor Myron, sandy, digo in charge? all of us were dead dead dead there is a god in heaven vip all the way