Russian mobile laboratories will be supplied to the Republic of Congo and Ethiopia by the end of the year, and are already in use in Burundi and Uganda, the Deputy Prime Minister Tatiana Golikova said at the third International training exercise for mobile rapid response laboratories held in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod city.
“The geographical scope of Russian mobile laboratories is expanding. This year they have been deployed in Burundi and Uganda, and by the end of the year Russian laboratories will be delivered to the Republic of Congo and Ethiopia,” Tatiana Golikova said.
She noted that following the increase in mpox cases and a public health emergency of international concern declared by the WHO, Russia has already transferred several thousand of its tests to CIS and African countries. Moreover, researches have been conducted in Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda.
“Today, Russian specialists work with foreign colleagues in 4 infectious disease research centers established in the last 7 years - in Guinea, Vietnam, Venezuela and Burundi. We fruitfully cooperate in 5 projects with our closest neighbors in the Commonwealth of Independent States, with whom we share a common epidemiological space,” the deputy prime minister added.
In September, Russia organized training courses for Congolese specialists in the capital of Brazzaville. The courses covered modern mpox detection methods and other relevant issues.