WHO to send test to Azerbaijan for monkeypox virus

Samira Abdullayeva
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The World Health Organization (WHO) will soon send tests to Azerbaijan that can detect the monkeypox virus, WHO Representative in Azerbaijan, Hande Harmanci, told Report.

The WHO official said that the Azerbaijani government has applied for the tests:

"About thousands of such tests are expected to be delivered to Azerbaijan in a very short time. There are several types of tests to detect the virus. It is currently being discussed which kind of tests will be brought to Azerbaijan. We are holding these discussions together with the Ministry of Health and TABIB."

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