Leading airport services provider, National Aviation Services (NAS) signed an agreement to partner with Abbott to drive the implementation of COVID-19 rapid testing solutions at major airports and trans border lounges across the African continent and the Middle East.
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This partnership aims to aid the recovery of safe inter-country travel and passenger confidence.
Using its global network, local relationships and industry expertise, NAS will work with local authorities to deploy Abbott’s Panbio COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device and the ID NOW molecular point-of-care test system.
Both these solutions offer quick testing for COVID-19, thus encouraging and facilitating safer cross-border travel. With the global aviation industry working hard to take off following the pandemic, solutions such as these will go a long way in helping fuel economies as more people resume international commerce and travel.
NAS has a presence in more than 50 airports, collectively managing over 100 airlines and 50 airport lounges in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, NAS has been driving efforts to implement digital solutions to help restart travel globally – especially collecting and verifying health data and ensuring authenticity of PCR test certificates of travelers.
Abbott’s Panbio COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Device is a highly reliable, portable and affordable rapid antigen test, which has received CE Mark and WHO EUL and has been deployed in dozens of countries across the world.
It delivers results in as early as 15-20 minutes with no instrumentation, providing a scalable and cost-effective solution for governments and private industry in efforts to restart international commerce.
ID NOW COVID-19 assay is performed on the ID NOW Instrument, which is a rapid molecular test that uses isothermal nucleic acid amplification to detect SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA in direct nasal, nasopharyngeal or throat swabs.
It provides results in 13 minutes or less. The ID NOW Instrument has a small footprint and easy to use graphical user interface for convenience within busy environments. ■
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