For instance on June 25, the hospital paid Kemri Sh60,000 for Covid-19 tests for their staff. Recently, there has been a push and pull between various laboratories and other institutions over who should conduct the Covid-19 tests. The hospital management challenged Kemri to come out and deny that they were not doing Covid-19 testing to the public. COLLECT SAMPLESLast week, Kemri indicated that it will no longer collect Covid-19 samples for testing, but instead test samples from various designated testing facilities in the country. “We would like to notify the public and our esteemed cooperate that Kemri will not be handling sample collection for Covid-19 testing.

Source: Daily Nation July 13, 2020 06:56 UTC