WHO rapid testing kits to boost fight against virus
A medic displays a new rapid testing kit for the Covid-19. Kenya will be among the first low and middle-income countries in Africa to receive rapid diagnostic test kits.
About 120 million kits will be available for low and middle-income countries and will be distributed by the Africa CDC and Unitaid at a subsidised rate of Sh500 per unit for six months.
Lack of enough testing of Covid-19 has been the greatest impediment in the fight against the pandemic.
Kenya will be among the first low and middle-income countries in Africa to receive Covid-19 rapid diagnostic test kits as scientists battle to contain the pandemic.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) Africa Director, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, said in Nairobi yesterday the deployment of the antigen kits will boost the level of testing and make contact tracing easier.
