COVID-19: Western Region runs out of Reagents for Testing; Over 3,000 Samples stuck in Freezer
Some of the samples collected for COVID-19 tests are as old as three months
Jonas Danquah 
The Western Regional Testing Centre for COVID-19 has reportedly run out of COVID-19 testing logistics, leaving some 3,743 samples collected for tests unattended to.
Some of the samples collected for COVID-19 tests are as old as three months and are stuck in the storage system of the Effia-Nkwanta Regional Hospital.
The storage facility at the hospital is said to have become full and unable to receive new samples for storage.
Consequently, directives have been given to the districts to store samples collected in those areas until the situation improves.
Per reports from Daily Graphic, some of the samples had gone bad and had been thrown away.
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Some health professionals in the region expressed fear that the fight against the disease might run into serious trouble if efforts were not made to address the challenges.
The Western Regional Veterinary Officer, Dr Oliver Boakye Danquah, noted that officials at the testing centre had become helpless after the laboratory at the Regional Veterinary Services Department (VSD) ran out of reagents for testing for COVID-19.
He said they were not in a position to do anything now, unless they received a new set of reagents.
