EAC Secretariat to deploy mobile laboratories and testing kits and to all Partner States in a bid to mitigate Coronavirus
The East African Community Secretariat as discussed on 23rd March 2020 in Arusha, is to deploy mobile laboratories and Coronavirus test kits to all EAC Partner States.
Each Partner State will receive a four-wheel drive vehicle fitted with laboratory and ICT equipment, as well as all the necessary consumables for a fully functional laboratory with the capacity to conduct tests for Ebola and the coronavirus in addition to other pathogens.
The EAC Secretariat has also put in place a Regional Coordination Committee (RCC) with Risk Communication and community engagement; Policy and Guidelines; Finance and Logistics; and Data and Statistics Sub-committees to oversee the regional COVID–19 response.
The four EAC Partner States that have reported cases of the coronavirus as of 9th April 2020 are Kenya with 184 confirmed cases, Rwanda 110, Tanzania 25, Uganda 53, Burundi 3 and South Sudan 2 cases bringing it to a total of 377 Cases in East Africa.
Posted on https://www.eac.int/press-releases
