Express News Service
KOCHI: Even as the state government has gone in for mass testing as the strategy to deal with the Covid crisis, the delay in providing results of the tests has become a major cause of worry. On account of the delay, those awaiting the results have grown more anxious. Vijayan R of Kozhikode, who had given his samples at a private lab for RT-PCR test on April 15, is yet to get the results. Vijayan, who got himself tested after his brother was confirmed with Covid, spends his days anxiously.
“Till now, I have not got any intimation from the authorities regarding the status of the tests. Even if we were to call them up, they say that if the result were positive, they will let us know. Why should anyone without symptoms get himself/herself tested, if he/she were to spend the rest of the days in uncertainty and anxiety?” he said.