Vietnamese Ambassador to Switzerland Le Linh Lan (Photo: VNA)Geneva (VNA) – expressed
her hope at a recent meeting that Swiss-based biotech conglomerate will continue its cooperation to improve diagnosis and treatment quality in
Vietnam.
The meeting took place on May 17 between representatives from ASEAN and
the group as part of activities held by the ASEAN Committee in Bern (ACB).
The ambassador also asked the group to conduct more community events for
disadvantaged Vietnamese women and children.
Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, Lan hoped that Roche will continue to
work closely with the embassy and health agencies in Vietnam to promptly offer
high-quality testing services, support the country’s search for vaccines and research
on treatment drugs, and actively join hands with the Vietnamese Government and
regional countries in prevention and control.
A Roche leader told the gathering about the company’s solutions for
COVID-19, including Real-Time PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) testing for
diagnosis and treatment monitoring as well as a serological testing for
SARS-CoV-2 resistance in patients previously exposed to the virus. Vietnam has
so far applied both solutions.
Roche revealed that it plans to increase its monthly production capacity
to tens of millions of test kits by June and will continue to increase production as
quickly as possible, with the goal of making its antibody test kits available
in countries that accept the European Union’s CE Marking.
Roche also pledged to further cooperate with countries to find solutions
for the diagnosis, treatment, research, and production of drugs to prevent
COVID-19./.
Source: VietnamPlus
