Ghana adopts pool testing of coronavirus samples

Ghana has adopted pool testing of samples to maximise the use of coronavirus test kits that are in short supply globally.

It involves testing up to 10 samples in a single test.

If any of the samples tests positive, then the entire batch is tested individually to identify the infected sample.

Scientists believe that the method is a valuable time saver in the fight against COVID-19 and has seen Ghana test more than 100,000 samples so far.

But it is only efficient while Ghana’s infection rates remain low and the accuracy of the method has been disputed in some quarters.

Ghana’s medical drones have being deployed to deliver COVID-19 samples directly to laboratories, the first country to do so in the world.