Rapid test kits that scientists say will diagnose coronavirus within 10 minutes, are being developed in a laboratory in Senegal’s capital, Dakar, and are expected to be available from June.
The project at the custom-built DiaTropix facility is a collaboration between British biotech firm Mologic and Senegal’s renowned Institut Pasteur de Dakar.
About two million kits are expected to be produced per year and will be distributed directly across the Continent. So far, twelve African countries have reported 112 cases with two deaths.