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Barely afford the ammunition. the chemicals to actually make it work. they cost about $900 for just a couple hundred test samples. in a given month, they say thousands are needed to fully track the virus. >> recently we started a crowdfunding campaign. and so far we raised around 400 euros. in the philippines as well, $1,000 is like two people's monthly salary. so it's not insignificant. >> reporter: the relatively small funding gap is a big reason why developing countries are lagging so far behind in identifying covid-19 variants that might be more deadly or more transmissible. in the west, l...
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