After last night, the State Governor reported that the company Hisa S.A de C.V. To which they had requested 20 thousand rapid tests for the detection of COVID-19, they canceled the purchase already requested, they reported this day that other suppliers are already looking to obtain them.
“The rapid tests application did not start because the provider did not comply, that is the truth. This does not mean that nothing will be done, we are still looking for all possible alternatives to have them soon “.
“If the WHO has been repetitive in anything, it is that, in order to control this pandemic, you have to do tests, tests and more tests. That is what we will do,” the president explained on social networks.
He said that although it has been reported on several occasions that these types of tests do not work, “as has happened in other countries,” the governor reported that “nothing will be purchased that is not endorsed and certified by international organizations”However, he explained that the tests by which this virus is detected are different.
“Rapid (tests) help us detect antibodies, and PCRs, which are used to check for contagion. And in Jalisco we are going to apply both, ”he said, that is, that a person who is positive in rapid tests must subsequently undergo a laboratory test of PCR (polymerase chain reaction, in its acronym in English). .
In other words, we are going to go out and look for people infected by Coronavirus to detect, isolate and attend to them in a timely manner ” said.
Since March 23, the governor announced that 20,000 rapid COVID-19 tests would be ready as of Thursday, to apply an average of 600 tests per day, however, last night the governor reported in a radio interview that these had not arrived. .
“Weird things have happened … They told us that they got stuck in customs, then they no longer answered the phone,” said the president about the purchase from the German laboratory.
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