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AMISOM Burundi contingent receive COVID-19 testing equipment and train their health officers on how to use it
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Maslah, 24 May 2021 – The Government of Burundi has delivered equipment and accessories to support the diagnosis and management of COVID-19 among the Burundian soldiers serving under the African Union Mission in Somalia, AMISOM.
The Gene Xpert Polymerase Chain Reaction, or PCR-test machine, was delivered by the government of Burundi through the Ministry of National Defence and Veterans and the Ministry of Public Health and will speed up the testing of troops – four hours instead of the previous one to five days.
The unveiling of the equipment which was done on Saturday at the Maslah Forward Operating Base also coincided with the end of specialised training for eighteen (18) military health personnel that will operate the COVID-19 diagnostic equipment.