Long-standing Sask. partnership brings new COVID-19 testing lab to rural Mozambique

Posted: May 06, 2021 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: May 6
A health-care worker tests a sample for COVID-19 in the newly established lab in the province of Inhambane, Mozambique. The lab was set up through a partnership with the University of Saskatchewan, part of a 30-year connection that has included health worker exchanges.(Submitted by Jessie Forsyth)
A 30-year health-care partnership between Saskatchewan and Mozambique has yielded a key tool to helping the south African nation in its fight against COVID-19.
The first COVID-19 testing lab in the province of Inhambane started processing samples this week. Until now, tests had to be sent away to the national capital of Maputo.

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