Unilabs and HPA Saúde open laboratory in Algarve that will increase testing
Unilabs and the HPA Saúde group are today inaugurating a new Molecular Biology laboratory in the Algarve, a 1.5 million euro investment, which will allow the response capacity for covid-19 lab tests to be significantly expanded.
The new facility will have the capacity to carry out more than 15 thousand tests per day and represents an investment of 1.5 million euros. It will create 50 jobs in the lab and in the testing network to be set up on the ground, throughout the Algarve
Portugal donates 60,000 tests to Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe
Approximately 60,000 PCR tests for testing covid-19 and respective extraction kits donated by Portugal are starting to be delivered today to Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau and São Tomé and Príncipe, according to the Portuguese Government.
The measure aims to strengthen the means of diagnosis and screening, in the detection and treatment of cases of infection and is part of the commitment assumed by Portugal in combating the pandemic and in mitigating its impacts in African Portuguese Speaking Countries (PALOP) and Timor-Leste.
Each of these countries will receive 20,000 tests donated by Portugal, with Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau receiving this material today and São Tomé and Príncipe on Saturday.