Russia delivers over 100,000 Covid-19 test kits to 13 states, including Iran, North Korea

The testing tools for coronavirus were delivered to 13 countries, including Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) member states Iran and North Korea, Russia’s public health watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said on Saturday.

The equipment manufactured in Russia can conduct over 100,000 tests for Covid-19, and has already been used to track down the first cases of the disease in Armenia, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Moscow is due to ship the equipment to Serbia, as well as to Egypt and Venezuela.

Deputy Prime Minister Tatyana Golikova said earlier this week that Russia has no shortage of testing kits. A government source confirmed to local media on Thursday that the nation has sufficient stock of testing equipment as the number of registered cases of coronavirus in the country has grown from 199 to 253.

Russia’s virology and biotech research center, known as the Vector Institute, which develops testing tools, is also currently working on several vaccine prototypes for Covid-19.

Countries have been struggling to test people en masse for Covid-19, including the US, where numerous reports said that the lack of swabs and other materials prevented health officials from examining more people.

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