The U.S have donated some medical supplies to help aid testing of Coronavirus in Ghana.
A U.S. Air Force C-130J aircraft from the 86th Airlift Wing in Ramstein Air Base,
Germany delivered the medical supplies to the Government of Ghana on April 24 at Kotoka International Airport.
The delivery included approximately 2,500 kilograms of medical cargo and supplies provided by the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit Three (NAMRU-3) Ghana Detachment.
The medical supplies included ribonucleic acid, a nucleic acid (RNA) extraction kits, reagents, viral collection swabs, universal and viral transport media to collect and store specimens, and the replenishment of other consumable lab supplies.
They were originally ordered in January 2020 to support NAMRU-3 Ghana Detachment research efforts, specifically ongoing influenza surveillance, in partnership with Ghana’s National Influenza Center at the Noguchi Memorial Institute of Medical Research, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, and the Kumasi Centre of Collaborative Research in Tropical Medicine.
SOURCE : Ghanaquest.com || BY : MOD DEE
