The World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners today announced a program to supply low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) with 120 million rapid tests for SARS-CoV-2 over the next 6 months, as the global death toll from the virus closed in on 1 million.Over the weekend, the illness total passed 33 million cases and is currently at 33,224,222, according to the Johns Hopkins online dashboard.
The fatality count is just shy of 1 million and stands at 999,298.Rapid tests headed for developing countriesAs part of the ACT Accelerator, a massive WHO-led effort to scale up the development of diagnostics, drugs, and vaccines, the rapid test package announced today includes volume guarantees, funding to help countries deploy the tests, and an