I can see plenty members are quoting JamParkMe on the other thread, throwing words and adding false facts here and there...


https://www.nairaland.com/5762527/trying-get-tested-coronavirus-ncdc


To start with, what the poster did is careless and a waste of human resources and time. You had no history of travel and no history of exposure with a positive case but yet decided to get tested rather than practicing social distancing.

NCDC criteria for getting tested are as follows:

1) Anyone with a recent travel history who present with fever, cough or breathing within 14 days of arrival

2) Anyone exposed to a confirmed case with the above symptoms within 14 days from point of contact

3) Any of the above 2 with no symptoms. This is a plus/minus cos most people under this should self isolate


The poster doesn't fit into any of these 3. So why does he want to get tested?

There aren't enough testing kits in this country or anywhere in the world for the people showing symptoms let alone the asymptomatic ones with no travel or contact with a confirmed case.

No. Ghana doesn't provide door to door testing
No. Germany doesn't do half a million tests weekly
No. USA doesn't do tests for everyone that requests for it
Yes. Nigeria tests close contacts with a confirmed case by doing what we call contact tracing.


USA health workers have erred their complaints even just yesterday on the limited equipments and their doctors/nurses not being tested.

Any news you read is about private organizations ordering test kits for their employees.


Davido and his family should've gone into quarantine the first minute they dropped from the plane but decided to throw a party and exposed others. Their testing is most likely by a private organisation or by the problem of selectivity


Besides, every nation has a problem with selectivity for high profile citizens. The U.S and other European countries have news all over about celebs and politicians with no symptoms getting tested.

So how do we tackle this? STAY AT HOME.
If you come in contact with a positive case and show no symptoms, QUARANTINE
If you had a recent travel history to high index countries, QUARANTINE
If you don't have any of this, observe strict SOCIAL DISTANCING.
Now isn't a time to run to NCDC "just to get tested". They have positive cases that need containing and attention


The whole world doesn't have enough resources to deal with positive cases and worse random testers. PLEASE STAY AT HOME and get enlightened


Thank you

Ok

This info is very apt. Thank you op.