My read on Honourable Malone's statement is that the testing was performed in a timely manner and the hold-up was in informing those tested of their results.
Excerpt from his statement:
"As at December 10th 2020, the staff at the Dr. D Orlando Hospital laboratory has conducted tests in excess of 9,283 samples and continue to produce PCR results in less than 24 hours. Excellent when matched any where in the world.
Additional staff, as indicated, have been reassigned or engaged to assist the Ministry to inform and disseminate the test results in a more timely manner albeit impressive on comparison."
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