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The head of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Maxim Stepanov, reported inaccuracies in PCR tests for coronavirus, referring to global statistics. He explained the reasons for this phenomenon.
PCR tests for coronavirus are not always accurate, Ukraine’s Health Minister Maxim Stepanov said in a briefing on October 27, the GORDON correspondent reports.
“According to world statistics, in up to 30% of cases when a person is sick with COVID-19, the PCR test can be negative. This is due to the collection of material, this is due to the physiological characteristics of the body This is also due to the location of the virus, at a time when a smear is taken from a person for PCR diagnosis, ”said the head of the Ministry of Health.
He explained that it is for this reason that Ukraine is beginning to treat, focusing on the “clear clinical symptoms” of COVID-19.
“An exclusively clinical picture is sufficient,” Stepanov said.
During the last 24 hours, 33,361 PCR tests were carried out in Ukraine.
As of October 27, 355 601 cases of coronavirus infection were registered in Ukraine, of which 6677 – on the last day… Since the beginning of the epidemic, 6,590 patients with COVID-19 have died in the country, 145,336 people have been cured.
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