Vietnam imports 200,000 rapid test kits for large-scale Covid-19 testing

[Viet]

Swab samples are taken for Covid-19 tests at Noi Bai International Airport in Hanoi, March 18, 2020. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy.



Deputy Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long said at an online meeting Monday that there is no shortage of test kits to diagnose the novel coronavirus infection, including kits for real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and rapid testing.

The 200,000 rapid test kits imported from South Korea in the coming time will be used for testing 37,000 people in centralized quarantine areas, tens of thousands of people under home quarantine and those coming to Covid-19 hotspot Bach Mai Hospital in Hanoi from March 12 onwards, Long said.

Localities can either do real-time RT-PCR tests, a technique that combines reverse transcription of RNA into DNA and amplification of specific DNA targets using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or they can wait for quick test kits.

The Health Ministry also noted that rapid test kits should only be used after seven days after exposure to the pathogen. Before three days, the sensitivity and specificity are very low, it said.

Earlier, Vietnam had successfully produced test kits that help diagnose a Covid-19 infection in just an hour.

Currently, the health ministry allows 21 medical facilities around the country to carry out Covid-19 tests, in addition to the three approved by the World Health Organization.

On Monday, Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung ordered the city’s Health Department to set up 10 teams and arrange 10 quick Covid-19 test stations around the Bach Mai Hospital to carry out mass testing in the context of the hospital becoming the country’s main Covid-19 hotspot with 25 infections.

Source: vnexpress.net

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Vietnam has no R&D spending. they lied about producing test kits. that is why they are importing. if they could test on their own they would.

 

[cochine]

Vietnam has no R&D spending. they lied about producing test kits. that is why they are importing. if they could test on their own they would.

uneducated chinese don't undertand nothing.
The test kits made in VN needs 2 hrs for result , its good for the hospitals.

Korean 10 minut. we imported Korean test kits ... for quick testing in streets, every where if is necessary...

 

[Viet]

uneducated chinese don't undertand nothing.
The test kits made in VN needs 2 hrs for result , its good for the hospitals.

Korean 10 minut. we imported Korean test kits ... for quick testing in streets, every where if is necessary...

True korean products are good and reliable. Unlike products of certain countries. The Koreans even successfully manage to keep the people movements without lockdowns.

We can learn a lot from them.

 

[大汉奸柳传志]

is Vietnam shutting down borders?

I saw american and vietnamese netizens are blaming each other for the virus.

no idea who give it to whom

https://www.10news.com/news/local-n...vietnamese-city-where-uss-roosevelt-is-docked

either way Vietnam is likely to become the next epicenter...

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

uneducated chinese don't undertand nothing.

I understand that Vietnamese R&D spending is among the lowest in the world. Lower than Morrocco total, and less than Ethiopia as %GDP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_research_and_development_spending

I understand that Vietnam is not represented at all in the Nature Index of prestigious scientific publications.

https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2018/country/all

 

[cochine]

I understand that Vietnamese R&D spending is among the lowest in the world. Lower than Morrocco total, and less than Ethiopia as %GDP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_research_and_development_spending

I understand that Vietnam is not represented at all in the Nature Index of prestigious scientific publications.

https://www.natureindex.com/annual-tables/2018/country/all

China is country of fake products. my kid.

Some test kits sent from China only 40 percent accurate: DOH
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Posted at Mar 28 2020 08:55 PM | Updated as of Mar 29 2020 10:55 PM

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MANILA (UPDATE) - The Department of Health said Saturday some COVID-19 test kits sent by China were only "40 percent accurate" based on standards of the World Health Organization.

"Sa mga naunang pinadala samin na test kits from China, na nakapagpakita ng 40 percent accuracy, hindi po namin ito ginamit dahil nakita nga po na mababa po ang accuracy natin dito. Kaya ito na lang po ay atin itinago," DOH Undersecretary Maria Rosario Vergeire said in a press briefing.

(The first test kits sent to us by China, that showed only 40 percent accuracy, we did not use because the accuracy rate is low. That's why we only stored them.)


Vergeire said health officials conducted parallel testing using the Chinese test kits plus test kits from the WHO, while using a specimen or sample from a COVID-19 patient,

Other test kits sent by various countries and groups were deemed accurate based on the WHO's standards, she said.

"Makakasiguro po ang ating mga kababayan na atin pong vina-validate pa ho ang ating mga donasyon na test kits bago ito gamitin. Makikita po natin dito kung ano ang off-quality at kung ano naman po ang mababa ang kwalidad at di dapat gamitin para sa ating mga kababayan," Vergeire said.

(We assure our countrymen that we are still validating our donated test kits before they are used. We'll see here which test kit is low in quality and to be used for our countrymen.)

Spain earlier said COVID-19 test kits supplied by a Chinese firm turned out to be defective, failing to correctly diagnose people when tested at hospitals.

The Spanish ministry said it will withdraw the kits that returned incorrect results, and would replace them with a different testing kit provided by Shenzhen Bioeasy.

Shenzhen Bioeasy however said in a statement that the incorrect results may be a result of a failure to collect samples or use the kits correctly. The firm said it had not adequately communicated with clients how to use the kits.

In its statement on Sunday, the Chinese embassy said it donated some 102,000 real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test kits, which were assessed by the RITM "to be at par with WHO-provided kits."

"Those test kits are of high quality and standards and have no accuracy problems, which are being used in Philippine test laboratories and have helped accelerate the testing process," it said.

DOH also later clarified that "the initial 2,000 BGI RT-PCR test kits and the 100,000 Sansure RT-PCR test kits donated by the Chinese government have been assessed by the (RITM) to be at par with test kits provided by the (WHO) after parallel testing were done."

"The test kits mentioned during the press briefing by the Department last 28 March 2020 referred to another brand of test kit that was proposed to be donated by a private foundation," the DOH said, adding, “Upon preliminary review of documents by RITM, subsequent validation was necessary.

• Chinese embassy denies donating COVID-19 test kits with accuracy problems

s of Sunday, the Philippines has a total of 1,418 COVID-19 cases, with 71 fatalities and 42 recoveries. --With a report from Reuters