Kathmandu,
Apr 24
Temasek
Foundation, Singapore, has provided 10,000 Fortitude Kit 2.0 to Nepal.
The
kits were provided to Nepal Army which will be deployed by frontline health
workers to test COVID-19 patients across the country.
The
foundation is a philanthropic organisation under Singapore investment company,
Temasek.
Fortitude
Kit 2.0 is designed by Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research
to detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
“This
is an “All-in-One’ 1-step RT-PCR kit for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. The
kit comes complete with all the materials required for the RT-PCR reaction,
which includes the primer probes mix, the enzyme mix, the positive control,
negative control and internal control template,” said the company.
Benedict
Cheong, Chief Executive of Temasek Foundation International said, “We hope that
these test kits will be helpful to the hospitals and medical professionals who
are bravely managing the COVID-19 situation in Nepal. We will build on our
on-going ties and continue to work with each other and with the international
community.”
The
support was brought to Nepal with the coordination of Dr. Bijendra Baral,
Ranjit Acharya, Neil Pande, Pashupati Murarka, Shekhar Golchha and Ministry of
Health and Population.
A
Shree Airlines plane brought the materials to Kathmandu on Friday.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 25 April 2020.
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