Saudi Ramps Up Virus Testing As Lockdown Relaxed
April 26, 2020
Saudi Arabia announced Sunday a $265 million deal with a Chinese firm to ramp up coronavirus testing as the kingdom eased a 24-hour curfew, except in hotspots including Islam’s holy city of Mecca.
The agreement with China’s Beijing Genome Institute (BGI) will provide for nine million COVID-19 tests, the government said in a statement.
It said in line with the agreement “500 experts, specialists, and technicians” would come from China to conduct the tests.