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The Latest: WHO: Rapid tests to be given to poorer countries

| September 28, 2020 10:03 AM

GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization says it and partners have agreed to a plan to roll out 120 million rapid diagnostic tests for the coronavirus to help lower- and middle-income countries make up ground in a testing gap with richer countries — even if it’s not fully funded yet.

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