EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc announced that it has signed a new multi-million dollar global supply contract with its partner from the private sector. The original agreement with this partner, announced on 5 August 2020, covered the supply of COVID-19 sample collection kits to be used as part of a staff testing programme for the UK only. The original contract commenced with an initial order worth £3 million for the UK, and the company has received additional orders approaching a further £3 million to support the planned global expansion of the contract. Under this new multiyear global supply contract, EKF will now support its partner's world-wide staff testing initiative, with orders being fulfilled from EKF's production sites in the UK, Germany and the United States. The company expects orders from the expanded agreement to reflect EKF's increased contribution to their partner's global testing programme, and therefore this agreement is expected to facilitate future orders which will contribute materially to 2021 performance and beyond. The contract has an initial term of two years after which it renews automatically on a monthly basis.