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The Ministry of Health and Social Security received on Monday morning in Praia 4000 rapid diagnostic tests to COVID-19 offered by Garantia Seguros.According to the Executive Director of Garantia Seguros Lus Leite this is the companys contribution to the fight against COVID-19. Garantia Seguros as a company whose mission is to protect and guarantee the security of Cape Verdeans could not remain indifferent to this pandemic and to all the efforts that the Government has been making. In this sense we decided to offer 4000 rapid tests to help in the widespread diagnosis as this fight must be everyones and private companies must make their contribution he stressed.Luiz Leite revealed that part of the amount invested in this action was withdrawn from the 2020 Community Guarantee Award which due to the pandemic could not be realized.The National Director of Health Artur Correia considered this to be a praiseworthy gesture that will reinforce the community intervention actions that are being carried out for screening diagnosis and treatment. We are in a phase of massification of rapid antibody tests in Cape Verde with greater strength here in Praia which is the epicenter of the epidemic at this moment and I must say that these 4000 tests will reinforce this intense activity that we are do.Artur Correia pointed out that in the scope of the massification activities of rapid tests that the health authorities have been carrying out - for two weeks - around 3500 rapid tests have already been carried out covering some districts of the capital which allowed them to be detected through the laboratory PCR test some positive cases early. According to the National Director of Health the fact of obtaining early diagnoses will allow one to act proactively and faster preventing the spread of the epidemic.However he considers that the results obtained so far are satisfactory since in a total of 3500 tests carried out about a hundred positive cases were found.It should be noted that the country has so far accounted for about 30000 rapid tests for the diagnosis of antibodies in the body.Also participating in this act of delivering the rapid tests the President of the INSP Maria da Luz Lima the Director of the Office of Pharmaceutical Affairs Bruno Santos and the Director of the Integrated Disease Surveillance Services Domingos Teixeira.
