Alim Hayatou, Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Health in charge of Epidemics and Pandemics inspected the facilities last week.
Two laboratories for the testing of Coronavirus specimens have been established in the South West Region specifically in Fako Division.
The Secretary of State in the Ministry of Public Health in charge of Epidemics and Pandemics, Alim Hayatou, inspected the state of preparedness of the two facilities last Thursday May 7, 2020.
South West Governor Bernard Okalia Bilai presented to the Secretary of State, the balance sheet on the fight against COVID-19.
His data showed that South West Region that the pandemic is presently only in two Divisions (Fako and Meme) of the South West and has registered 31 cases of COVID-19 by May 7, 2020.