Botswana to open Swine Flu lab

The Ministry of Health has received help from America to open a Swine Flu testing laboratory in Botswana. The director of Public Health, Sheenaz El-Halabi said at a press conference yesterday that the American Centre for Disease Control (CDC) has provided the help and training of personnel will start soon.

El-Halabi said that towards the end of August, tests will be done locally but still some specimen will be sent to South Africa for validation. Currently, the Ministry of Health sends all specimen of suspected Swine Flu patients to South Africa for testing.

El-Halabi said Botswana has 13 confirmed cases of the disease with five in Gaborone, one in Jwaneng, one in Kweneng East and six in Francistown.

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