Minister of Health, Dr. Leslie Ramsammy, is urging persons not be ‘conned’ into thinking that H1N1 (Swine Flu) testing can be done at any private laboratory in Guyana.At a press briefing held on Saturday, Minister Ramsammy said he has received several reports that some private labs are involved in testing for the virus.However, according to the Health Minister,Wholesale Baseball Jerseys 2018, there are few places in the world that are certified to conduct H1N1 testing.Guyana does preliminary testing only at the Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) in Trinidad, which is the regional mandated laboratory to test for H1N1.In terms of the equipment necessary, only the National Reference Laboratory has the capacity to do the testing,NHL Jerseys Authentic, but Guyana does not indulge in testing,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, since the lab is not certified.“There are rumours around that some private lab tested for H1N1. Let me make it quite clear, you’re wasting your money if you get conned in doing a H1N1 test. The reagents are not commercially available so don’t get conned. I have heard reports now and then of a positive case there and a positive case here and more than half of the cases confirmed came from a private hospital,” Minister Ramsammy said.He explained that there is a system in Guyana, where if a private doctor or physician suspects that a person needs to be tested for H1N1, the specimen has to be taken in the correct manner and then it goes to the Health Ministry for shipping to CAREC for testing.“So I would urge physicians,China Jerseys Wholesale, whether they are in the private or public sector,Cheap China Jerseys, whether they work in the hospital or not, that if you suspect that somebody has H1N1,Undefeated Air Max 97 For Sale, then refer the testing to the National Reference Laboratory.”Thus far, Guyana has only confirmed nine H1N1 cases in the country.Recently, Minister Ramsammy reported that the transmission of the H1N1 virus is nearing a stage where it will no longer be dependent on international contact as is evident in some other countries.But though it will not be an easy task to detect the change initially, the Minister is optimistic that the Ministry will be able to discern when the transmission rate reaches another level. He said that currently it is only the medical experts that are able to determine the casual rate of transmission but added that even an average citizen would know when there is a change.