Brazil receives first batch of rapid Covid-19 diagnostic tests this Monday.

247 - Health Minister Luiz Henrique Mandetta stated on Saturday, the 28th, that Brazil will receive, this Monday, the 30th, the first batch of rapid tests for diagnosing Covid-19. according to Folha de S. Paulo.

The ministry did not disclose the number of tests in the first batch, but the expectation is that five million will be available by Tuesday, March 31. The Ministry of Health announced that it intends to expand the availability of coronavirus tests in the country to 22,9 million. "This is progress; we really need these tests so that healthcare professionals themselves can return to work in a timely manner," said Mandetta.

However, "not everyone will be tested. The test is essential for making decisions about the return of healthcare professionals to work," emphasized the Secretary of Health Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Wanderson Oliveira. Basically, then, those primarily to be tested will be those working on the front lines against the coronavirus.

See what PSOL congresswoman Monica Seixas has to say on the matter: