JBS donates medical equipment to accelerate Covid-19 testing in Brazil
17 | 12 | 2020
Donated equipment can process 96 samples per hour and will benefit states including Rio de Janeiro, Para, Amazonas and São Paulo
JBS, through its social responsibility program ‘Good Deeds are Good – Feeding the World with Solidarity’, donated 21 RNA extractors and 62 extraction kits to the Ministry of Health, to be used in the Central Public Health Laboratory (LACEN) in states in all regions of the country. The equipment is used to perform Covid-19 testing.
The equipment brings faster testing of the disease and each one has the capacity to process 96 samples in an hour. After the pandemic, the RNA extractor can be used to diagnose viral diseases such as influenza, HPV and Hepatitis B and C viruses, among others.
21 LACEN units will start receiving equipment and testing kits this month. They are: Acre, Alagoas, Amapá, Amazonas, Bahia, Ceará, Espírio Santo, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso do Sul, Pará, Paraíba, Piauí, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte, Roraima, Santa Catarina, Sergipe, São Paulo, Tocantins and Distrito Federal.
‘Good Deeds are Good – Feeding the World with Solidarity’
Through the social responsibility program ‘Good Deeds are Good – Feeding the World with Solidarity’, JBS allocated R$400m in donations to combat the pandemic throughout Brazil through public health initiatives and another R$20m for social projects. More than 290 municipalities benefited from the actions carried out by the Company in all Brazilian states and in the Federal District.
From January the ‘Good Deeds are Good’ program will enter into a new phase of action focused on volunteering and will involve employees at JBS production units in more than 100 municipalities. JBS will dedicate more than R$20m towards this. Learn more at jbs.com.br/fazerobemfazbem.
Escrito por: Oxigenweb