Covid-19: Richards Bay patient status explained

TESTING negative for coronavirus along with her family members, the Richards Bay Primary School Grade R pupil who was positively tested as the city’s first confirmed case, is now in the clear.

The results of the other pupils who were tested have also returned as negative.

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‘It was not a false positive in the first instance,’ said Dr Wim Watson of the Caredoc practice.

‘The laboratory actually tests two samples of every patient to ensure certainty.’

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