Rapid tests for poor countries

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Rapid tests for poor countries

GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) - Some 120 million rapid tests for COVID-19 will be made available to poorer countries at $5 each, the World Health Organization announced yesterday - if it can find the money.The WHO said the $600-million scheme would enable low-and middle-income countries to close the dramatic gap in testing for the new coronavirus, which has now killed more than a million people since first being recorded in China in December.

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