The Daily Dose With Dr Suhayl Essa - Testing For Covid-19 - a podcast by Suhayl Essa

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There are multiple reasons and ways of testing for the virus. Dr Essa identifies some of the possible reasons such as tracking of the disease, contact tracing, medical statistics, and flattening the curve.

The story of " Patient 31 " who was a young lady that was tracked in South Korea because of her travelling history who was then found positive for CoVid-19 and was also held responsible for 60% of the spread of the virus in South Korea. The Corona virus is a RNA virus (Ribonucleic virus) and the test is done by placing the virus in an ideal environment for it to replicate and if it does you have the virus.

Asymptomatic patients (those who don't exhibit symptoms but are actually carriers of the virus) may come in contact with other human beings which makes testing and tracing quite tricky.

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