World leaders and scientific experts support frequent rapid mass testing to reduce infection and find new variants entering Africa
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FEB 4, 2021
World leaders and scientific experts support frequent rapid mass testing to reduce infection and find new variants entering Africa
This week, The Biden administration announced the investment of $230 million in at-home coronavirus testing kits, to identify cases of the virus across the country to break chains of transmission and prevent new strains from disrupting communities and workplaces.
Following on from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s quoted £7bn mass testing “Moonshot” programme where the government are deploying over £1.2bn’s worth of rapid lateral flow antigen tests to identify asymptomatic cases in communities and workplaces.