In the final communiqué of the 22nd summit of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of UEMOA, held by videoconference on 25 March, resolutions aimed at reducing the cost of PCR tests, which was to rise to 25,000 CFA francs from May.

In a press release, the Ministry of Health and Social Action invites managers of authorized laboratories to take note of and respect the measure. A measure that was supposed to come into effect this month of May. “The conference set: twenty-five thousand (25,000) CFA francs, the cost of the Covid-19 screening test for travelers using air transport as of May 2021 and at (05) days, from the date of collection of the sample, the period of validity of screening tests at the entry and departure of airports in the Member States”, specified the ministry concerning acute;.