50.000 diagnostics test for COVID-19, που αναπτύχθηκαν από Σλοβάκους επιστήμονες με τη στήριξη της παγκόσμιας εταιρείας κυβερνοασφάλειας ESET, παραδόθηκαν στο Ναϊρόμπι της Κένυας στο πλαίσιο του προγράμματος ανθρωπιστικής βοήθειας SlovakAid του Υπουργείου Εξωτερικών και Ευρωπαϊκών Υποθέσεων της Σλοβακίας.
The humanitarian aid mission took place on July 27 and - in addition to the 50.000 diagnostic tests - included a thermal cycler (PCR) to perform the tests as well as 20.000 FFP2 type respirators.
The diagnostic τεστ εγκρίθηκε από το Κρατικό Ινστιτούτο Ελέγχου Φαρμάκων της Δημοκρατίας της Σλοβακίας στις 14 Μαΐου του 2020 και καταχωρήθηκε στο Ευρωπαϊκό Μητρώο EUDAMED στις 26 Μαΐου 2020 για διανομή στην Ευρώπη ως in vitro διαγνωστικό τεστ με signalCE mark. The diagnostic kit bears the designation vDetect COVID-19 RT-qPCR and developed through the collective researchof scientists from the Slovak company MultiplexDX, the Biomedical Research Center of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, the Science Center of Comenius University in Bratislava and experts from Companies Lambda Life and ProScience Tech.
"As one of the key players in the development of the COVID-19 diagnostic test, ESET is pleased to see that countries in need of assistance, such as Kenya, can benefit from our efforts. We are ready to contribute to similar initiatives in the future, "said Palo Luka, CEO of ESET.
"We have rapidly developed a new PCR test for COVID-19 that can reliably help diagnose patients at an early stage," said Pavol Čekan, founder of MultiplexDX. "Having supplied a large number of diagnostic tests for laboratory needs in Slovakia, we have focused our efforts on increasing production to meet the needs of other countries that can benefit from the test, such as Kenya."