Congo's second largest city, Lubumbashi ,has now been equipped with a laboratory to conduct tests on suspected cases of coronavirus.
Before the city had to rely on tests results coming from the capital Kinshasa to confirm positive cases.
This has been posing a challenge to the provincial authorities in fighting the pandemic, as it delays detection
The new lab was opened in the presence of Prime Minister Sylvester Ilunga Ilunkamba who came to deliver the testing kits.
Last week the Prime Minister told the Senate that the country will decentralise the testing lab to six other Provinces i.e North and South Kivu, Haut-Katanga, Kongo Central, Kwilu and Ituri.
As of 2nd June 2020 , the Province of Haut-Katanga had 33 Covid19 confirm cases, while the entire country's case stood at 3326
No comments:
Post a Comment