Labs under pressure as Covid-19 testing increases, while private, public sectors rally
The country’s health laboratories are taking strain as testing for the Covid-19 disease, caused by the novel coronavirus, increases.Zweli Mkhize, the Minister of Health, announced on Tuesday that the number of confirmed infections had jumped from 402 to 554.An epidemiologist, who is directly involved in testing and battling the virus, spoke to News24 on condition…