30,000 antigen kits donated to private labs to increase virus testing in Jamaica
Thirty thousand antigen test kids will be distributed
to six private labs by Jamaica’s health ministry to aid its coronavirus testing
efforts.
The SD Biosensor test kits will be donated
to the Microlabs, Miomedical, MDLink, Winchester Medical, Technological
Solutions Limited and Baywest Wellness, according to a statement from the
ministry.
The effort will begin on January 18 and
will support the facilities’ testing capacity pending arrival of their own
supplies within the next two weeks.
Regarding the donation, Health minister Dr
Christopher Tufton, said “This is another example of public-private
partnership around testing as part of our COVID response as a country. This is
another case of us working together as a team and as a country in order to
protect our population – whether our locals or those that visit with us.”
