Cayman Compass Cayman donates remaining South Korean test kits
Airport staff unload some of the South Korean test kits at Owen Roberts International Airport on 8 April.
Trinidad-based CARPHA and Jamaica to receive thousands of tests
A total of 78,000 of the Seasun test kits will be shared between the two entities.
Cayman dispatched 36,000 tests Wednesday morning to Jamaica, and the remaining 42,000 will be sent to Trinidad shortly, the ministry said in a press release.
The polymerase chain reaction kits, which were acquired in April 2020 from South Korea, will expire at the end of this April.
The health ministry statement, in explaining the decision to donate, said the laboratory at the Health Services Authority will be unable to use the remaining kits before they expire.