The test kits, One-step RT-PCR COVID-19 KIT THAI DUONG and , have been widely used in Europe and named in the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Emergency Use Listing procedure. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Two more ‘made-in-Vietnam’ SARS-CoV-2 test kits meeting international standards were announced at a ceremony in Hanoi on June
5.
The test kits, and RT-LAMP
KIT THAI DUONG, have been widely used in Europe and
named in the World Health Organisation (WHO)’s Emergency Use Listing procedure.
The SUNSTAR JSC have
joined hands with the two groups of scientists from the National Institute for
Control of Vaccine and Biologicals, and Hanoi University of Science and
Technology, in the production of the test kits.
RT-LAMP
THAI DUONG has drawn much attention from European and American nations
thanks to its applicability, said Nguyen Thi Huong Lien, Deputy General
Director of the SUNSTAR
JSC.
Vietnam
reported no new COVID-19
infections on June 5 evening, marking
the 50th day in a row without coronavirus transmissions in the community.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the country still stands at 328, including 188
imported ones, according to the National Steering Committee
for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.
On June 5, five COVID-19 patients were declared fully
recovered, raising the total recoveries in the country to 307, or 93.6 percent.
Among
the active patients, 10 tested negative for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 once, and three
others tested negative for the virus at least twice.
At present, 8,143 people having close contact with patients
or arriving from pandemic-hit areas are being quarantined, including
83 at hospitals, 6,964 at concentrated quarantine establishments and 1,096 at
home and places of residence./.
Source: VietnamPlus
