🌎"The landscape is changing fast and PAHO will continue to help quickly evaluate new tests as they become available… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

This week we are dispatching 1.5 million more PCR tests throughout the region, followed by another 3 million next w… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Thus far, PAHO has provided more than 500,000 PCR tests to 34 countries and territories, and we have worked with ot… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

PAHO will continue to work with 🌎member states to make these recommendations a reality, building on our 118 years o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Third, ensure access to all. Testing should be free of charge to patients. High prices create a barrier between a p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

Second, prioritize according to availability. When there are limitations, we need to prioritize patients with sympt… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

First, expand lab capacity. Countries are encouraged scale up testing for COVID-19 by using all of the public and p… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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🌎 In these challenging circumstances, what do we recommend to countries? (read our recommendations in th… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

"…This is partly due to the uneven capacity of health systems to quickly process a large volume of tests.
At a t… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

"We fully recognize that ramping up testing capacity for COVID-19 is a challenge for many countries in our region,… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…