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Coronavirus - Uganda: Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL) receives 15,000 COVID-19 test kits

KAMPALA, Uganda, May 17, 2020/APO Group/ --

The Government of Uganda Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL) has received 15,000 COVID-19 test kits for the cobas 8800, a real time PCR machine. 

The cobas 8800 has the capacity of running 3,000 tests per day and about 192 tests per hour.

Testing for COVID-19 at CPHL starts today.

Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Ministry of Health - Republic of Uganda.