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African health officials race to fill virus test gap

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AFP Addis Ababa
Last Updated : Apr 16 2020 | 6:06 PM IST

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention plans to distribute a million COVID-19 test kits from next week to help the continent tackle a glaring shortfall in testing, its director, John Nkengasong, said Thursday.

"There is a big gap on the continent on testing," Nkengasong said at a weekly press conference at the African Union headquarters in Addis Ababa.

"Something has to be done."

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First Published: Apr 16 2020 | 6:06 PM IST

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