translated from Spanish: Minister of Health employed private centres to restrict PCR exams and plan for input arrival

The Minister of Health, Jaime Mañalich, called on private health centers to restrict the conduct of PCR tests for the detection of coronavirus, after noting that there will be no shortage of inputs for the test that had been reported by clinics and laboratories.” We strongly hope that despite the economic incentive for these tests, these are done when the health authority has indicated and that is when a person has respiratory symptoms or when a person has been a close contact of someone who has been tested as positive by coronavirus to see if they are having an asymptomatic infection,” said the Minsal.Mañalich owner added that “I hope the private centers contribute nondo generating queues sometimes unjustified reasons for an examination, but focus on doing the tests according to what the health authority has specified.” The authority also asked private centres to plan for the arrival of their inputs and stock. “It is not understandable that proper management in a care precinct does not provide for an increase in the use of a given input and does not accelerate the arrival of inputs that are available in the world. It’s not that they’re not, they’re available to allow continuity,” he said.

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