Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Acting Minister of Health, stated the above opinion at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, on the afternoon of September 9.
Mr. Long highly appreciated the efforts of businesses producing medical biological products over the past time.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long, Acting Minister of Health.
At the meeting, leaders of the Ministry of Science and Technology said they would order rapid antigen test kits from Sao Thai Duong Company and Medicon for actual testing.
According to Deputy Minister of Science and Technology Nguyen Cong Tac, domestic enterprises have produced two types of rapid test kits to find antibodies using machines and without using machines, with high sensitivity and specificity for humans.
The Steering Committee emphasized the need to live safely with the epidemic and to open the door to welcome experts and investors to serve economic development.
Businesses are urgently researching and producing low-cost rapid antigen test kits that can use existing machinery and equipment, have shorter implementation time, but are more sensitive and specific.
Mr. Dao Dinh Khoi, Director of Medicon Company, pledged to focus on investing in the production of rapid test kits to find antigens in the fastest time.
A representative of Sao Thai Duong Company said that the company and researchers have produced a new version of the Realtime LAMP test kit and sent it to the authorities to evaluate sensitivity and specificity.
Many experts suggest that the Ministry of Health consult experiences from some countries such as Germany, Japan, Korea, Thailand, India… to organize testing of people arriving at airports when reopening a country.
The Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology are responsible for creating maximum conditions for testing all types of rapid antigen test kits researched and produced by Vietnamese enterprises.
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