Laboratory testing is a pillar of the COVID-19 outbreak response. Unlike the 2014 Ebola epidemic, Africa has reacted early and collectively to the COVID-19 pandemic, ramping up severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) diagnostic capacity from two to 43 countries between February and April, 2020.
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