In the final communiqué of the 22nd summit of the WAEMU Conference of Heads of State and Government held by videoconference on 25 March, resolutions were made to reduce the cost of PCR tests, which was to increase from May to 25,000 CFA francs.

In a press release, the Ministry of Health and Social Action invites the heads of authorized laboratories to take note and respect the measure. A measure that was to come into force this May. " The conference set: at twenty-five thousand (25,000) F CFA, the cost of the Covid-19 screening test for travelers using air transport from May 2021 and (05) days, from the date of sample collection, the period of validity of screening tests at the entrance and departure of airports in member states," the ministry told those concerned.