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Russia to Send Mobile Laboratories to Seven Countries, Including in Africa, by Year-End

In September, Russia provided the Republic of Congo with diagnostic tests for mpox to support African countries in combating the disease, according to the Federal Service for the Oversight of Consumer Protection and Welfare.

Russian human welfare watchdog Rospotrebnadzor to send mobile laboratories to seven countries, including African nations, by year-end, said Anna Popova, the head of Rospotrebnadzor, at the 5th International Scientific and Practical Conference on Combating Infectious Diseases. She reminded that Russia has been supplying laboratories to global partners since 2015, and as of today, 35 of the mobile anti-epidemic laboratories are functioning in 14 countries, where they are greatly needed. Popova specified that the mobile laboratories will be sent to Ethiopia, Vietnam, Mongolia, the Republic of Congo, and Madagascar, while portable mobile laboratories will be sent to Kazakhstan and Belarus.

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