WHO orders rapid COVID-19 tests for world’s poor
By Abiodun Ogundairo
03 October 2020 |
5:25 pm
The World Health Organization plans to make 120 million rapid-diagnostic coronavirus tests available for people in lower- and middle-income countries. The tests are fast, simple and cheap — but are they reliable?
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