The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscow's population than official data show, private testing results among people without symptoms suggest.
MOSCOW - The novel coronavirus has penetrated more deeply into Moscow’s population than official data show, private testing results among people without symptoms suggest.
Four commercial laboratories in Moscow began offering tests at a cost of between 1,050 roubles and 3,395 roubles each in late March and early April exclusively to people whom state tests do not cover. The authorities do not dispute that there are many asymptomatic cases and that their own testing cannot reflect the full scale of infection in the capital due to its limited scope.
According to the procedure the laboratory follows, the results must be double-checked and can only be confirmed as positive once that is done, the worker said, adding that testing in Moscow started on April 3.Its results are roughly in line with Russia’s own, limited testing so far of asymptomatic cases.
She did not say how many had been confirmed during state or private testing and there was no breakdown for Moscow.
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