By ANGELA OKETCH More by this AuthorThe Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) will no longer collect Covid-19 samples for testing but will instead test samples from designated testing centres in the country. The institute has not been charging for the tests, and some private hospitals have taken advantage of this to exploit clients. After charging as much as Sh15,000 for a Covid-19 test, they send the samples to Kemri for testing. “We would like to notify the public that Kemri will not be handling sample collection for Covid-19 testing. However, the institute will continue to discharge its national duty of conducting the Covid-19 sample testing in all our designated laboratories countrywide,” Kemri Director-General Yeri Kombe said in a statement on Thursday.

Source: Daily Nation July 10, 2020 06:00 UTC