Health ministry receives 190,000 COVID-19 test kits from German states

The Vietnamese Ministry of Health on July 2 received 190,000 COVID-19 test kits donated by the German states of Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Sachsen-Anhalt via the World University Service of Germany (WUS).
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These COVID-19 test kits, worth some 500,000 USD, include Panbio - COVID-19 - Ag Rapid test Device (Nasopharyngeal); SARS- CoV-2 Rapid Antigen Test; and Safecare COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test Kit (Swab).

Speaking at the handover ceremony in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong thanked the German Government and people for their precious and effective support to Vietnam’s healthcare sector over the past time.

He hoped that the medical cooperation between the two countries will continue developing in the time ahead, and affirmed that the test kits will be distributed to provinces and cities facing complex COVID-19 pandemic developments.

According to Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong, in 2020, when the pandemic first broke out in Germany, the Vietnamese Government presented 100,000 face masks to its German counterpart. 

Besides, the Vietnamese community in Germany also donated 100,000 masks to German states while making face masks and offering free meals to medical establishments and rest homes in the country.

At the ceremony, German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner said the test kits are part of Germany’s support presented via the WUS. He also stressed that, this aid reflects the solidarity between the two countries from the state level to the governmental level.

In the coming time, he would call on the administrations of German states to make more donations to provide Vietnam with about 1 million rapid COVID-19 test kits.

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