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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has been explaining why local COVID-19 testing has not taken place in Antigua & Barbuda despite having the medical equipment in place for sometime now.<\/p>

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“My understanding is that they now have some practical training to do but that is predicated on what they call the application training that has to take place by the individuals who supplied the PCI machine,” Browne told radio listeners over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Health officials are reporting no new cases of COVID-19 but members of the public say this is because tests are not being done.<\/p>

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In responding to critics, the prime minister said “about a week and a half ago, we awaited for a specialist out of Trinidad and Tobago who we had to fly up here on a special charter, to validate the PCI equipment and that was done.”<\/p>

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He said the application test which remains to be done now requires another expert.<\/p>\n

“Now there is another entity abroad that has to deal with the application training and I was told by Dr Simon that the application training would be completed by Tuesday and that Dr Gresh, who is assisting with the actual hands on training of testing physical COVID patients, that would commence maybe Thursday, Friday.”<\/p>

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The prime minister is calling on residents to remain patient since these are not ordinary times.<\/p>\n

“So we keep our fingers crossed and hope that nothing goes wrong. You have to understand that during this crisis, supply chains have been disrupted, and scheduling experts is extremely difficult because they are supplying these services all over the world,” he said.<\/p>

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Browne assured the public that the health officials are not incompetent nor do they have any reason to sabotage “the reality is they just have to wait for the time lines as established by these experts.”<\/p>

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The prime minister says by the weekend testing will be increased to get a better idea of the number of people with COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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