AS part of its many interventions to manage the COVID-19 pandemic, the South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) will soon receive a donation of 100 000 Orient Gene Rapid Antibody Test Kits.
This was made possible by the South African Health Products Regulatory Authority’s (SAHPRA) approved Alpha and Omega MedTech, a subsidiary of AOM Group – South Africa’s healthcare innovation company.
According to the SAMRC, the two parties signed a donation agreement at the end of June.
The consignment, valued at about R25 million, is expected to reach the country later this month.
“Earlier this year, AOM Group presented the SAMRC with a proposal to donate to them a consignment of 100 000 test kits, to assist with the pandemic response in South Africa – a gesture that was later accepted by the organisation’s board.”
The parastatal medical research organisation said the Orient Gene Rapid Antibody Test kit was the
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