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FDA/CDC To Recall PCR Tests and Halt The Emergency Use Authorization

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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week has labelled PCR tests, unfit to diagnose COVID-19 and has ordered an immediate recall to stop using these tests.“The FDA has identified this as a Class 1 recall, the most serious type of recall. Use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death,” the FDA stated on its website.So, this begs the question. What were they finding? This includes the fact that the test’s performance was not adequately established; That the test had not yet received authorization, and concerns that the data provided by the Innova Medical Group with their emergency use authorization (EUA) application appeared to be copied from data provided by other test manufacturers. The FDA warns that the Innova SARS-CoV-2 Antigen

Sweden Stops using PCR Tests – PCR technology cannot distinguish between viruses

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As Translated from the Swedish Public Health Agency: Guidance on criteria for assessment of freedom from infection in covid-19 The Swedish Public Health Agency has developed national criteria for assessing freedom from infection in covid-19. The PCR technology used in tests to detect viruses cannot distinguish between viruses capable of infecting cells and viruses that have been neutralized by the immune system and therefore these tests cannot be used to determine whether someone is contagious or not. RNA from viruses can often be detected for weeks (sometimes months) after the illness but does not mean that you are still contagious. There are also several scientific studies that suggest that the infectivity of covid-19 is greatest at the beginning of the disease period. The recommended criteria for

Coalition calls for responsive menstrual health actions in Africa

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Symposium to take stock of progress on menstrual health and sexual and reproductive health and rights in the region JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, 19 May 2021 — The African Coalition Symposium on Menstrual Health, organized by the African Coalition on Menstrual Health Management (ACMHM) in collaboration with UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, will be held from 25 to 27 May. This follows the inaugural Menstrual Health Management Symposium where participants from Africa and globally gathered to discuss menstrual health issues on the continent, in Johannesburg, South Africa in 2018. The 2018 symposium was co-hosted by the Department of Women in the Presidency of the Republic of South Africa and the UNFPA East and Southern Africa Regional Office. The event led

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