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COVID-19: Telecom giant Dhiraagu to donate 15 Sampling Kiosks

Telecom giant Dhiraagu will be donating COVID-19 Sampling Kiosks to the Ministry of Health.

Dhiraagu said the kiosks will assist in protecting front line health care professionals and enable safe testing for COVID-19 in the Maldives. The kiosks will be placed in Greater Male’ and across atolls in Maldives.

The sampling kiosks will help protect front line health care professionals by preventing direct contact with suspected COVID19 patients and reducing the usage of Personal Protective Equipment which are currently limited in the global market. It will also help increase safe testing for COVID-19 in Maldives and address a key need in the community.

Dhiraagu said it hopes that the Sampling Kiosks will increase safe testing for COVID 19 in the community and contribute to the protection of front-line health care professionals who are putting their lives on the line to save the country.