WHO Delivers More COVID-19 Test Kits to Iran

The test kits facilitate almost 100,000 tests to detect the Coronavirus in infected people. In a handover by the WHO Representative in Iran, Dr Christoph Hamelmann, the kits were delivered to the national laboratory network established by Iran's Ministry of Health and Medical Education (MoHME). The country's COVID-19 testing response is led by the Pasteur Institute of Iran and its Director Dr Alireza Biglari.

As of 6 May, the country has tested 519 543 people through its network of 100 public and private labs.