This, he added, made it hard for the health authorities to accurately gauge the Covid-19 situation.
It could be a peace of mind for yourself, or out of concern for someone near and dear to you, or because of work or travel, or simply a germaphobe motivated by paranoia — justifiably so as community clusters and sporadic cases are trending in an odious direction.
Earlier in his Facebook post, he had also observed that it was undeniable that Covid-19 self-test kits have already become an essential item for each household now, given that the Covid-19 infections are still high in the country and as it has become necessary to frequently carry out such self-testing with the reopening of schools, institutions of learning, jobs and many economic sectors.
However, not all of them are available to the public.
Performance evaluation in real-life situation is an important component of postmarket surveillance.
Due to the need of sophisticated equipment, the cost is more prohibitive and it takes anytime between one to 3 days to obtain the result.