Partnering with American medical technology supplier, TPT Med Tech LLC
Florida-based manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceutical and natural health products, AllStar Health Brands Incorporated, is currently carrying out a COVID-19 testing project in Jamaica.
In addition, the company is also prospecting for testing volume at major Jamaican testing sites. AllStar Health is partnering with American medical technology supplier, TPT Med Tech LLC to execute its Jamaican project.
In a media statement today (March 24), giving an update on the project, AllStar Health Brands Chief Executive Officer Dr Daniel Bagi reports that, “together with our partner, TPT Medtech, we are successfully onboarding the ‘QuikPASS’ and ‘QuikLAB’ systems at Jamaica’s two main international airports in Montego Bay and Kingston”.
“As our operations in Jamaica ramp up, we expect to test up to 3,000-5,000 travellers per day, amounting to a potential several million tests annually at these locations.”
DR DANIEL BAGI, AllStar Health Brands chief executive officer
According to Bagi: “As our operations in Jamaica ramp up, we expect to test up to 3,000-5,000 travellers per day, amounting to a potential several million tests annually at these locations.”
Systems installation at airports
The AllStar Health CEO said his company is very pleased to be able to install these systems at the Jamaican airports with its partner, TPT MedTech.
“This will enable us to help provide an advanced system for testing and reporting of COVID-19 diagnostic status, which we expect will be a factor in restoring the tourism industry in a country where tourism makes a critical contribution to overall GDP,” Bagi said.
The United States’ (US) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently mandated that all travellers coming back into the US, United Kingdom (UK), or Canada from the Caribbean, Mexico or Latin America must be tested before arrival as well as obtain PCR test results for travel to the UK or Canada.
As such, to gain clearance to travel, travellers from Jamaica heading to destinations within the UK, US, Canada, or other countries may utilise “QuikPASS” (or other available COVID-19 passport apps).
Travelers may also get tested at any approved facility and show a negative COVID-19 laboratory test result at the airport in the form of written documentation (electronic or printed).
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