Ministry receives 190,000 COVID-19 test kits from German states
The Ministry of Health on July 2 received 190,000 COVID-19 test kits worth some 500,000 USD donated by German states via the World University Service of Germany (WUS).
The test kit handover ceremony in Hanoi on July 2 (Photo: Ministry of Health)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Ministry of Health onJuly 2 received 190,000 COVID-19 test kits worth some 500,000 USD donated byGerman states via the World University Service of Germany (WUS).
The rapid antigen test kits are donated by thestates of Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Sachsen-Anhalt.
At the handover ceremony in Hanoi, DeputyMinister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong thanked the German Government and peoplefor their precious and effective assistance to Vietnam’s healthcare sector inthe recent past, expressing his hope that medical cooperation between the twocountries will continue developing in the time ahead.
The test kits will be distributed to provinces andcities facing complex pandemic developments to serve the fight against COVID-19,he added.
He also noted that in 2020, when the pandemicfirst broke out in Germany, the Vietnamese Government presented 100,000 facemasks to its German counterpart. Besides, Vietnamese people in the Europeannation also donated 100,000 masks to German states while making face masks andoffering free meals to medical establishments and rest homes in the country.
German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner saidthe test kits are part of Germany’s support presented via the WUS, which willcall on the administrations of German states to make more donations to provideVietnam with about 1 million rapid COVID-19 test kits in the coming time.
The aid reflects the solidarity between the twocountries, not only at the governmental level but also the state level, heemphasised./.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) handed over 1,500 COVID-19 test kits to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on May 31 as part of an effort to help put the spread of the virus in northern Vietnam under control.
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The test kit handover ceremony in Hanoi on July 2 (Photo: Ministry of Health) 
