{"id":140279,"date":"2020-04-09T13:55:27","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T13:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ny1.dr1.com.do\/wordpress\/?p=140279"},"modified":"2020-04-09T16:05:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:05:58","slug":"is-there-a-black-market-for-rapid-response-coronavirus-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/04\/09\/is-there-a-black-market-for-rapid-response-coronavirus-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a black market for rapid response coronavirus tests?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"342\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rafael-Sanchez-Cardenas-El-Nuevo-Diario.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rafael-Sanchez-Cardenas-El-Nuevo-Diario.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/Rafael-Sanchez-Cardenas-El-Nuevo-Diario-300x171.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Public Health Minister, Dr. Rafael S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas, denounced that rapid response tests for coronavirus are being sold for US$45 to US$800 by unauthorized dealers. The long delays people experience in getting tested for Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic can explain the pricing for tests outside of the authorized channels. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Health Minister S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas said that anyone who is offered one of those tests should denounce the vendors. He said the authorities would confiscate these. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said the diagnostic test vendors would need to be authorized by the Drugs, Food and Health Products Agency (Digemaps) of the Ministry of Public Health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An acute shortage of diagnostic tests has affected the Dominican Republic since the first case was reported on 1 March 2020. As of Bulletin #20 of the Ministry of Public Health, including tests reported up to 6pm on 7 April 2020, the Ministry has shared the results of 6,358 tests, with 2,111 persons testing positive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, unless you are famous, very wealthy, or have very good contacts in the government, the wait to get tested is generally upwards of two weeks. This is despite showing symptoms for the disease and having a doctor prescription for the test. Reports are that most people have not access to the test until they recover from the disease or die. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the story in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/somospueblo.com\/advierten-sobre-venta-irregular-de-pruebas-para-detectar-virus\/\">Somos Pueblo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>9 April 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Health Minister, Dr. Rafael S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas, denounced that rapid response tests for coronavirus are being sold for US$45 to US$800 by unauthorized dealers. The long delays people experience in getting tested for Covid-19 in the Dominican Republic can explain the pricing for tests outside of the authorized channels. Public Health Minister S\u00e1nchez C\u00e1rdenas &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2020\/04\/09\/is-there-a-black-market-for-rapid-response-coronavirus-tests\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[271,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140279"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":140298,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140279\/revisions\/140298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}