Brac to launch antigen testing Saturday United News of Bangladesh | Published: 21:29, Apr 23,2021 | Updated: 21:32, Apr 23,2021
Brac will start antigen-based Covid-19 rapid testing for suspected patients from Saturday to provide results in a shorter time amid a new surge in Covid-19 cases across the country. The service, set to be run under the supervision of the Directorate General of Health Services, will be available at 16 testing booths – 15 in Dhaka and one in Chattagram – set up by Brac. The testing facility will gradually be expanded to Brac’s 32 testing booths in Dhaka and four in Chattogram. Brac is adding rapid antigen testing to its existing facility of collecting samples for Covid-19 reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) tests.