COVID-19 Test Kits of Vietnamese Meet International Standards

According to the representative of Viet A Technology Joint Stock Company - the manufacturing unit, WHO has recognized the COVID-19 test product of Vietnam, assigned by the Ministry of Science and Technology to the Military Medical Academy and Viet A Company. research and production.

WHO has evaluated the LightPower iVA SARS-CoV-2 1st RT-rPCR Kit, manufactured by Viet A, in accordance with the Emergency Use List Process (EUL) and the EUL code 0524-210-00. With this WHO recognition, the COVID-19 test kit has reached the international standard.

Earlier, on 21 April, the UK Ministry of Health and Social Care also issued a certificate of European standard (CE) and a certificate of free sale (CFS) for this test product. COVID-19 test kit can be sold freely in all member countries of the European Economic Area including the United Kingdom.

After being licensed by the UK Ministry of Health and Social Care, the Viet A COVID-19 test kit was exclusively ordered by a partner to distribute in the UK, India, Mexico, USA and some countries in Europe with the minimum commitment of 1 million tests / month. In addition, there are many organizations interested in products such as the World Bank (WB), Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) ...

A representative of Viet A Company said that the full time for the process to produce a positive or negative result for SARS-CoV-2 was more than 2 hours.

Currently, the only method in the world recognized by WHO as the "gold standard" for detecting this virus is Real-Time RT-PCR. Vietnam is currently one of the few countries that can produce this test kit. In March 2020, many countries negotiated to buy Vietnam's biological kits.

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