Universal Enterprises Private Limited has donated 10,000 additional Covid-19 testing kits to the government.

With the aim to support the government’s efforts to build testing capacity at laboratories, Universal earlier donated 20,000 testing kits and with the donation handed over to acting Health Minister and Minister of National Planning, Housing and Infrastructure Mohamed Aslam on Saturday, the total number of testing kits donated during the course of the ongoing pandemic thus far, has reached 30,000.

The Ministry of Health expressed gratitude to Universal Enterprises, one of the largest firms in the Maldives, for the continued support.

Universal operates the largest range of resorts in the country and is among the many contributors towards the Maldivian government’s efforts to curb the spread of the outbreak.

The conglomerate also donated two PCR testing machines to the government to in July, along with the required equipment to operate the machines.

Other donators of medical supplies and protective equipment include the World Health Organization, having donated over 21,000 testing kits to the island nation thus far.

Further, Czech billionaires Daniel Kretinsky and Jiri Smejc who also own Velaa Private Island Resort, also made a generous donation alongside Singaporean Billionaire Ong Beng Seng as the governments of India, China and Bangladesh among many others.

Authorities have assured that they are further working to increase testing capacity, including across outlying atolls as well.