District Grand Lodge of Ghana has donated a specialised ultra-low freezer to Kumasi Center for Collaborative Research (KCCR) to store test samples for Covid-19.
It is expected to enhance the centre’s capacity and reliability in the delivery of test results.
Scientific Director at KCCR, Prof Odame Philips, says the gesture will ensure samples are stored and cross-checked for future purposes; a move he explains will boost the centre’s research approach to the fight against Covid-19.
KCCR and Noguchi Memorial Institute have been hit with testing kits and tools deficit, resulting in a slowdown of Ghana’s testing capacities in the past week.
The new specialized ultra-low freezer will complement supplies due to arrive in a matter of days to boost KCCR’s testing and tracing capacities.
Professor Odame Philips described the ultra-low freezer as scarce medical equipment on the market which is very critical to laboratory works.
He explained that “the special …