The National Health Laboratory Services (NHLS) says an initial report from the courier company transporting Covid-19 samples which were found along an Eastern Cape road, claims the cargo may have fallen through the canvas opening covering the bakkie.
NHLS spokesperson Mzi Gcukumana said the institution would take legal action against Gibela Trade and Invest.
"The National Health Laboratory Service (NHLS) is perturbed by the incident which saw one of its courier service providers losing samples in transit recently.
Among these was a package of three urgent samples referred from Bhisho Laboratory to Port Elizabeth for Covid-19 testing, said Gcukumana.
Gibela Trade and Invest is therefore responsible for sample transportation between health facilities and laboratories."
