Coronavirus / South Korean firm making COVID-19 rapid test kits in Haryana

A company based in South Korea named SD Biosensor has started production of Rapid Testing Kits for coronavirus in its Haryana's Manesar facility which has a capacity of 5,00,000 rapid test kits per week. The Indian Embassy in South Korea tweeted that this will be further enhanced in the coming weeks to meet the growing demand for medical equipments.

ANI : Apr 22, 2020, 01:07 PM
Seoul: SD Biosensor, a South Korean bio-diagnostic company, has started production from its Manesar facility with a capacity of 500,000 rapid test kits per week, the Indian Embassy in Seoul said on Tuesday.

"SD Biosensor has just started production from its Manesar facility with a capacity of 500,000 rapid test kits per week. This will be further enhanced in coming weeks to meet growing demand," said Indian Embassy in a tweet.

Chairman of SD Biosensor Young-shik Cho met India's ambassador to South Korea Sripriya Ranganathan to discuss the company's plans regarding combating COVID-19.

"Mr Young-shik Cho, Chairman of SD Biosensor called on @ambsripriya to discuss the company's activities and plans for dealing with COVID-19 pandemic," the Indian Embassy said in another tweet.

India had on Monday signed an agreement with Humasis Limited, which will facilitate the supply of five lakh COVID-19 testing kits to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).