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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Defense Ministry buying 8 million virus tests to give Health Ministry a hand
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Defense Ministry says it is purchasing 8 million coronavirus test kits for the Health Ministry at a cost of upwards of NIS 100 million.
“The purchase is meant to support the Health Ministry’s goal of expanding the level of testing to 100,000 daily coronavirus tests from November,” the Defense Ministry says.
Almost all of the kits will be purchased from Israeli companies, the ministry says.
The 8 million sets of swabs will be purchased from the 3BY factory in the Tefen Industrial Zone in northern Israel and the necessary chemical solutions will be made by the Novomed factory in Jerusalem and Beit Emek Biological Industries near Beit She’an, according to the ministry.
— Judah Ari Gross
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