Testing conducted for residents of Ha Loi village in Me Linh commune of Hanoi’s Me Linh district (Photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The
National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control has asked
cities and provinces nationwide to invest wisely in testing systems to
avoid unnecessary waste in the current pandemic situation.
In an urgent document sent at
the weekend, the steering committee asked local health departments to carefully
consider procurement and investment of the equipment to avoid waste because
machines and biological products are limited and expensive.
The document stressed that
testing is conducted by laboratories under the direction of the steering
committee, not as requested services.
So far, the country has had 110
laboratories with full capacity for testing, of which 95 are under the
, 15 are under other sectors such as agriculture and national
defence.
According to the Ministry of
Health, the test method suitable to the prevention and control conditions in Vietnam
is the RT-PCR test with produced by the Military Medical Academy, ensuring
the ability of domestic supply, regardless of the supply from the outside. The
ministry is appraising and licensing several units that have registered.
Vietnam is one of the leading
countries in the world having people tested in relation to positive cases.
Testing capacity reaches 27,000 samples a day. By April 12 morning, the
cumulative total of tested samples was 212,800./.
Source: VietnamPlus
