The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced it would provide low and middle-income countries with 120 million rapid Covid-19 diagnostic tests at a maximum price of $5.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom said during a press conference that the initiative was planned in collaboration with several non-profit organisations.
The Director-General hoped that the project will allow testing to be expanded, particularly in rural areas that do not have laboratory facilities or health workers who are trained.
WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the manufacturers Abbott ABT.N and SD Biosensor had agreed with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to “make 120 million of these new, highly portable and easy-to-use rapid Covid-19 diagnostic tests available over a period of six months”.
He said the tests were currently priced at a maximum of $5 each at a news conference in Geneva, but were expected to become cheaper.
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