Now, in a first for Africa, a Moroccan company is filling orders for mpox tests as an outbreak continues
A child is tested for mpox. Pic/AP
After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent less dependent on imported medical supplies. Now, in a first for Africa, a Moroccan company is filling orders for mpox tests as an outbreak continues.
Moroccan startup Moldiag began developing mpox tests after the World Health Organisation declared the virus a global emergency in August. Sold for $5 each, Moldiag has got orders for the kits from Burundi, Uganda and Congo and has also sold them to Senegal and Nigeria.
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