WHO has shipped over 32 000 items of personal protective equipment (PPE) and over USD $100,000 worth of PCR (laboratory) testing supplies to Fiji’s Ministry of Health and Medical Supplies to support its COVID-19 response. Fiji CDC has been using the testing supplies since March.
The latest shipment includes new cartridges for the GeneXpert equipment, which is widely used around the world for tuberculosis, to test for COVID-19. More are scheduled to be sent to Fiji and the pacific in early May in the following weeks when the production picks up.
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