The Incident Management System (IMS) and partners have brought into the country 250,000 Rapid Test KITS as part of response effort to interrupt further spread of the COVID-19 surge in the country.
The arrival of the rapid testing KITS will ease challenges experienced in the release of laboratory results at various ports of entry. With the introduction of the rapid testing KITS, COVID-19 test result will be released within 15 minutes after test is done.
Additionally, the Incident Management System has also procured oxygen and cylinders to address continued influx of patients at the Star Base COVID-19 Treatment Center, Bushrod Island, and other centers.
The Incident Management System assured the public that there are enough AstraZeneca Vaccines available for persons awaiting scheduled dates for the two doses.
The IMS is expected to receive additional 96,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Vaccines within the next two weeks. This gesture is under COVAX facility, with support from Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI) and the African Center for Disease Control (AFCDC).
In a related development, the Government of Liberia (GOL) will shortly receive 386,000 Johnson and Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine doses with support from the World Bank.