Covid Joke No 13
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Si niliambia majamaa hapa, those lancet tests are FAKE
Covid-19: Lancet on the spot over contradictory Turi results
Wednesday July 15 2020
A lab attendant at Lancet Kenya collects samples for testing Covid-19 from a man inside his car.PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Summary
Lancet Kenya is once again on the spot over discordant Covid-19 results of 17 teaching staff of St Andrew’s School Turi, who tested positive and negative three days later.
Some 24 samples were picked from the institution and taken to Lancet for testing.
However, when the school sought a second opinion and the samples taken to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), the 17 turned negative, according to the results the institution received yesterday.
This questions the authenticity of some tests being conducted in the country and if Kenyans should continue trusting them.
This is not the first time that the laboratory is issuing Covid-19 results that contradict other testing institutions.
The laboratory was early in the month under scrutiny following claims by a number of Kenyans that results of the Sars-CoV-2 tests it carried out were not credible.
In the past two weeks, the laboratory has been investigated and inspections carried out by several government agencies, including the National Covid-19 Command Centre.
Two women received two sets of results from different labs with one (Lancet) showing they had coronavirus while repeat tests at Nairobi Hospital indicated they were negative.
On July 7, the Kemri and Lancet Laboratory Mombasa gave contradicting Covid-19 results for the same samples.
On June 8, Khalid Nafula Mwanaidi’s sample was taken by the lab in Mombasa and the results came back as positive on June 15.
Kemri did the a test on the same Kenyan and she was declared Covid-free.
So which results should be trusted?
If the laboratories were certified by the government, why are they producing different Covid-19 results?
An email by the school management to the staff after receiving the Kemri results says operations will remain as they were.
“Dear team, further to the tests by the Public health team, results have come back...negative. The school will run as normal. The common areas that were closed are now open,” the email to the staff seen by the Nation says.
The management also indicated that work should resume and those in self-isolation will have to continue as per the doctor’s instructions.
“The teaching staff were to fly to the United Kingdom on Thursday but had to cancel the flight when the Lancet results were released. It is embarrassing. One wonders what Lancet is up to,” one of the teachers told the Nation.
Lancet is also being investigated for “misdiagnosing” Kiambu MP Jude Njomo’s mother.
The family hurriedly buried its matriarch after being told she died of Covid-19.
A repeat of the test at Nairobi Hospital returned negative results, prompting the lawmaker to ask the Ministry of Health to investigate the contradicting results.
The samples were taken a day after the Lancet results.
“I wonder how many Kenyans have been given wrong results. How many Kenyans are in quarantine because of wrong results? How many labs are this careless?" Mr Njomo asked.
'SENSITIVE AND SPECIFIC'
Lancet's East Africa CEO Ahmed Kalebi, however, insists that the Sars-CoV-2 PCR tests done at a cost of Sh8,849 are 100 percent sensitive and specific.
In a Facebook post, Dr Kalebi said the incident of disparities was not unique and that the facility has been audited by three government institutions.
These controversies have since seen him appear before the Senate Health Committee to answer to queries.
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Wednesday July 15 2020
A lab attendant at Lancet Kenya collects samples for testing Covid-19 from a man inside his car.PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Summary
- This questions the authenticity of some tests being conducted in the country and if Kenyans should continue trusting them.
- This is not the first time that the laboratory is issuing Covid-19 results that contradict other testing institutions.
- Lancet is also being investigated for “misdiagnosing” Kiambu MP Jude Njomo’s mother.
- Dr Kalebi said the incident of disparities was not unique and that the facility has been audited by three government institutions.
Lancet Kenya is once again on the spot over discordant Covid-19 results of 17 teaching staff of St Andrew’s School Turi, who tested positive and negative three days later.
Some 24 samples were picked from the institution and taken to Lancet for testing.
However, when the school sought a second opinion and the samples taken to the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri), the 17 turned negative, according to the results the institution received yesterday.
This questions the authenticity of some tests being conducted in the country and if Kenyans should continue trusting them.
This is not the first time that the laboratory is issuing Covid-19 results that contradict other testing institutions.
The laboratory was early in the month under scrutiny following claims by a number of Kenyans that results of the Sars-CoV-2 tests it carried out were not credible.
In the past two weeks, the laboratory has been investigated and inspections carried out by several government agencies, including the National Covid-19 Command Centre.
Two women received two sets of results from different labs with one (Lancet) showing they had coronavirus while repeat tests at Nairobi Hospital indicated they were negative.
On July 7, the Kemri and Lancet Laboratory Mombasa gave contradicting Covid-19 results for the same samples.
On June 8, Khalid Nafula Mwanaidi’s sample was taken by the lab in Mombasa and the results came back as positive on June 15.
Kemri did the a test on the same Kenyan and she was declared Covid-free.
So which results should be trusted?
If the laboratories were certified by the government, why are they producing different Covid-19 results?
An email by the school management to the staff after receiving the Kemri results says operations will remain as they were.
“Dear team, further to the tests by the Public health team, results have come back...negative. The school will run as normal. The common areas that were closed are now open,” the email to the staff seen by the Nation says.
The management also indicated that work should resume and those in self-isolation will have to continue as per the doctor’s instructions.
“The teaching staff were to fly to the United Kingdom on Thursday but had to cancel the flight when the Lancet results were released. It is embarrassing. One wonders what Lancet is up to,” one of the teachers told the Nation.
Lancet is also being investigated for “misdiagnosing” Kiambu MP Jude Njomo’s mother.
The family hurriedly buried its matriarch after being told she died of Covid-19.
A repeat of the test at Nairobi Hospital returned negative results, prompting the lawmaker to ask the Ministry of Health to investigate the contradicting results.
The samples were taken a day after the Lancet results.
“I wonder how many Kenyans have been given wrong results. How many Kenyans are in quarantine because of wrong results? How many labs are this careless?" Mr Njomo asked.
'SENSITIVE AND SPECIFIC'
Lancet's East Africa CEO Ahmed Kalebi, however, insists that the Sars-CoV-2 PCR tests done at a cost of Sh8,849 are 100 percent sensitive and specific.
In a Facebook post, Dr Kalebi said the incident of disparities was not unique and that the facility has been audited by three government institutions.
These controversies have since seen him appear before the Senate Health Committee to answer to queries.
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Deep Sea
Lister
hii mambo ya Lancet its cartels trying to bring a competitor down. Lancet has been testing for 3 genes and other labs test for 2 genes so they can pick persons that other labs miss. ANd they charge cheap at 8k. The known big and well connected private hospitals have been charging 10k to 16k and are not happy with Lancet and this competition.
Lancet labs are known across Africa starting from South Africa. They operate in most African countries
Ngimanene na Muchere
Elder Lister
It's all fake news, hakuna corona
Danielkanana
Lister
hii kenya yetu joh