Senegal Working On $1 Testing Kits for Coronavirus  

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Researchers in Senegal are working on providing a $1 testing kit, drawing on their experience dealing with Ebola to help develop the test.

 

Mirroring kits used for testing for dengue and other types of fever are being modified to try and provide a reliable test for Covid-19.

 

There are 735 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Senegal and nine deaths, according to World Health organisation (WHO).

 

Africa has so far recorded 22,239 positive cases of Covid-19, according to WHO. From zero case on March 1, the continent saw over 1,000 daily Covid-19 positive cases in the last few days of April.

 

The WHO has stated that based on provisional modelling coronavirus cases in Africa could shoot up to 10 million within just 3 to 6 months

Blessing Mwangi