Wajir County opens regional Covid-19 testing centreWajir County has opened a Regional Referral Laboratory to be a Covid-19 testing site for the area counties.The laboratory will help ease pressure in Wajir, Mandera, Isiolo and Garissa and has the capacity to test 60 to 100 samples a day. Governor Mohamed Abdi said they managed to put in place all the requisite kits and capacity to formally carry out testing Covid-19 with the support of National Public Health Laboratories. He added the laboratory was built by the World Bank under the East Africa Public Health Laboratory Networking Project. "This task force made recommendations that were adopted to guarantee staff protection,’’ said Dr Pamba in an interview. This insurance has been extended to all their dependents,’’ said Dr Pamba.

Source: Standard Digital April 26, 2020 11:26 UTC