At a time when the world is struggling to control the spread and impact of Coronavirus, Senegal is employing it’s technical and medical expertise to implement mass testing in the country.
Senegalese scientists have developed $1 quick diagnostic Covid-19 testing kits and is testing everyone; with or without symptoms. The Covid-19 testing kits work just like a pregnancy test where people drop blood or saliva onto the kit and their Covid-19 test result shows within a short period of time.
With a population of over 16 million people, and only 50 ventilators nationwide, Senegalese engineers have also developed and are 3D printing ventilators for $60 as opposed to the $16,000 ventilators available worldwide.
Inman interview by Aljazeera, Dr Amadou Saal revealed that Senegal is gearing towards producing between 2 to 4 million kits that can be used in other countries as well as domestically.
JungleFever
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Featured Post
OMG : How My ‘Yahoo’ Son Tried To Remove My Eyes For Money Ritual
Delta Woman Emma Eregarnoma invited his mother, Mrs Oke Eregarnoma, to his house on Caroline Street, Okuokoko after he persuaded her that...
-
Phyna made history again with her win to become the second female BBNaija winner. Mercy Eke has congratulated Phyna for winning the BB...
-
Gov Seyi Makinde of Oyo State joined members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) in their protest against the economic hardship on Tuesda...
-
As the virus continues to spread around the world, the UK Government has now taken it upon it self to educate people and how the virus can...
-
Delta Woman Emma Eregarnoma invited his mother, Mrs Oke Eregarnoma, to his house on Caroline Street, Okuokoko after he persuaded her that...
-
The Nigerian Communications Commission has directed telecom operators to bar telephone subscribers not linked to their National Identifica...
No comments:
Post a Comment