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They told me I would have my result within 24 to 48 hours, I waited eight days
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Like many Parisians, Charles, 30, an NGO employee in the west of the capital, spent more than a week waiting for the results of his covid-19 PCR test.
Indeed, while the majority of these nasal tests returned their verdict in 24 to 48 hours a month ago, the deadlines now extend in the capital to 7 to 10 days.
Under government pressure, test requests have almost doubled since August, reaching 1.2 million per week.
But the laboratories have not yet been able to equip themselves accordingly.
Read also: Covid-19: Bordeaux hospitals under pressure in the face of the influx of patients
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I explained that I was a contact case and that I worked with people in the street, a vulnerable public,”
continues Charles
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I had requested my results urgently but a few days after my test, the laboratory explained to me that their main machine had broken.
They had to fall back on smaller machines that didn't
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