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African Union Forms Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing on the Continent

Luis Monzon -
The Commissioner for Social Affairs, Amira Elfadil Mohammed, today rolled out the Partnership to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing (PACT) at the African Union Commission headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In his message to participants in the rollout event, the Chairperson of...
Healthcare

Biotech Startup Rolls Out Mobile Lab to Boost COVID-19 Testing in Nigeria

Luis Monzon -
Biotech company 54Gene has increased Nigeria's laboratory testing capacity for COVID-19 with a mobile laboratory in Ogun, a state in the South-West of the country. In addition to its DNA biobank lab in Lagos, the number of molecular laboratories in...
Healthcare

Nigeria to Use HIV Test Equipment to Accelerate COVID-19 Testing

Luis Monzon -
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) will begin repurposing equipment designed for HIV and tuberculosis tests to accelerate COVID-19 testing, reports Tech Cabal. This is according to Chikwe Ihekweazu, director-general of the NCDC, who relayed the information on an...
Healthcare

New COVID-19 Test Can Return Results in 5 Minutes

Luis Monzon -
Medical device company Abbott has produced a new COVID-19 test that can return positive results in five minutes - and the device is compact enough to be run in a doctor's office - according to The Verge. Recently, the test...
Healthcare

Nigerian Biotech Startup Raises $500,000 to Boost COVID-19 Testing

Luis Monzon -
Nigerian health and biotech startup 54Gene has raised $500,000 for a fund aimed at improving Nigeria's capacity to carry out tests fro COVID-19. Known as the Nigeria COVID-19 Testing Support Fund - this fund will enable the ramping up of...
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