Indonesia PASTI BISA disbursed IDR 5 billion to procure raw materials for the production of 50.000 COVID-19 qPCR test kit 7 April 2020 JAKARTA, April 7, 2020 — Indonesia PASTI BISA, a collaborative movement initiated by East Ventures to support effort in fight against COVID-19, disbursed IDR 5 billion to purchase raw materials for the production of 50,000 COVID-19 qPCR test kits Indonesia PASTI BISA is raising fund with a target of Rp 10 billion to support TFRIC19, task force formed by the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) to fight against COVID-19. [...]

Nusantics completed a COVID-19 qPCR test kit design prototype 4 April 2020 JAKARTA, 4 April 2020 – Nusantics has finished a design prototype of qPCR diagnostic that can specifically detect SARS-CoV-2 virus. The design process and laboratory testing of the test kit, named NUSANTARA TFRIC-19, was completed on Friday (3/4). Nusantics develop the test kit as a  member of COVID-19 Research and Technology Innovation Task Force (TFRIC19) that formed by Indonesia Technology Assessment and Application Agency (BPPT). CTO of Nusantics Revata Utama explained that Nusantics designed the NUSANTARA TFRIC-19 using genomic data from the SARS-CoV-2 Asia [...]