Russia Hands to Iran
Coronavirus Diagnostic
Systems Designed for 50,000
Tests – Watchdog
12
March, 2020
Iran
has received from Russia coronavirus diagnostic systems designed for
50,000 tests, Russian consumer rights watchdog Rospotrebnadzor said.
“Due
to the deteriorating epidemiological situation in the Islamic
Republic of Iran because of the spread of the novel coronavirus
infection, Rospotrebnadzor provided free of charge test systems for
laboratory diagnosis of the new coronavirus infection in the amount
of 500 sets for 50,000 tests”, Rospotrebnadzor stated.It said that
the test systems had also been received by Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and North Korea.
Overall,
about 800 test systems were handed for laboratory diagnosis of the
novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), which will allow specialists to
conduct 80,000 tests.
The
World Health Organisation (WHO) has described COVID-19 as a pandemic.
The overall number of coronavirus disease cases worldwide exceeds
118,000 in 114 countries, with more than 4,200 deaths. Iran is one of
the countries hardest hit. Some 350 people have succumbed to the
disease and a total of 9,000 have been infected.
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