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WHO, partners roll out faster COVID tests for poorer nations

by Associated Press
| September 29, 2020 12:03 AM

GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization announced Monday that it and leading 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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