Eagle News — A second test found all 40 of the newly suspected COVID-19 cases in Yala on Sunday turned out to be false positives, as the public health ministry has decided to run another test. The Center for the COVID-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) however, wants to run a third test through the Department of Medical Sciences.
Sources said there are several factors potentially contributing to false positives. Including the possibilities that the equipment had traced samples from old tests or had an unstable run, contaminated solution liquids, interpretation of the test results, or even a machine error.
The virus however, seemed to have slowed down in Thailand. There has been a report of 19 new cases of COVID-19 but that number is the first of reported new cases since Monday and the 40 false positives. Thailand has a reported 2,987 confirmed COVID-19 cases.
