UNICEF donates 1.2 million PCR tests to Ukraine to diagnose COVID-19

27 January 2021, 13:55 | Health 
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United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) donates 1.2 million polymerase chain reaction tests for coronavirus to Ukraine.

This was announced during the briefing by the Minister of Health Maxim Stepanov. “We have already received 1.2 million PCR tests from UNICEF to diagnose COVID-19,” he said..

According to the minister, all test systems are produced in the UK.

Now they are in the warehouses of the state enterprise "

Stepanov also said that at the moment laboratory centers can conduct up to 75 thousand. PCR tests for coronavirus per day.

Ministry of Health and UNICEF agreed to purchase 1.2 million PCR tests for coronavirus in December 2020.

The agreement was signed within the framework of the project with the World Bank " This was reported by the "

Источник: Електронні Вісті