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· Ethiopian Airlines Group has joined hands with BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China’s biotech giant, the BGI Genomics Co., Ltd, to launch a high-end COVID-19 testing laboratory at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The airport is billed as the continent’s busiest airport
· The testing center will provide for a seamless travel
experience that includes COVID-19 testing to passengers that are departing or transiting via Addis Ababa
· The lab is equipped with cutting-edge technologies to provide quick and accurate testing for passengers.
Ethiopian Airlines Group has joined hands with BGI Health Ethiopia, a subsidiary of China’s biotech giant, the BGI Genomics Co., Ltd, to launch a high-end COVID-19 testing laboratory at Addis Ababa Bole International Airport. The airport is billed as the continent’s busiest airport.
The testing center will provide for a seamless travel experience that includes COVID-19 testing to passengers that are departing or transiting via Addis Ababa. The lab is equipped with cutting-edge technologies to provide quick and accurate testing for passengers. The lab has a capacity to carry out 1,000 COVID-19 tests a day with the potential to grow further after expansion. Regular test results can be obtained within three hours to also help the transit passengers.
The facility is the outcome of the excellent partnership between Ethiopia’s flag carrier and the BGI Health Ethiopia. The lab is
capable of adjusting to the demand of the situation towards ensuring the safety of passengers in line with all international requirements. The airport authorities said that the launch of the testing center at the airport will elevate Ethiopian customer service and consolidate the airlines’ safety measures at the airport and onboard. The lab will perform RT-PCR and IgM antibody tests for COVID-19.
