Govt licences additional Covid-19 diagnostic tests
Health Minister Zweli Mkhize says the department has licenced 20 additional Covid-19 diagnostic testing kits.
To date, there have been over 400 000 Covid-19 tests conducted in the country.
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Mkhize addressed the World Health Organisation in Africa on Thursday on the spread of Covid-19 in South Africa.
He said the country desperately needs more coronavirus testing units.
"In South Africa we have a number of laboratories which are performing tests throughout the country and at the moment I have indicated that we have done over 436 000 tests and we believe that as a continent we need more, South Africa needs more.
''We have licensed over 20 diagnostic additional diagnostic kits which are either awaiting validation inside the country or are being delayed by the global shortages."