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SoftBank Group offers $19 coronavirus tests to companies, governments

SoftBank has conducted polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of its staff and has set up a testing centre near Tokyo with initial capacity of 4,000 tests per day

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Other pandemic measures by billionare entrepreneur Son include procuring masks from China’s BYD Co Ltd. Photo: Reuters

Reuters TOKYO

TOKYO (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp said on Thursday it would offer COVID-19 tests to corporations and local governments for 2,000 yen ($19) per person as Chief Executive Masayoshi Son steps up the provision of virus countermeasures.

SoftBank has conducted polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing of its staff and has set up a testing centre near Tokyo with initial capacity of 4,000 tests per day.

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Other pandemic measures by billionare entrepreneur Son include procuring masks from China's BYD Co Ltd.

 

(Reporting by Sam Nussey; Editing by David Dolan)

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First Published: Sep 24 2020 | 7:54 PM IST

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