Nusantics completed a COVID-19 qPCR test kit design prototype

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 [...]

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East Ventures supporting development of COVID-19 test kits

East Ventures initiates Indonesia Pasti Bisa, supporting development and production of 100,000 COVID-19 test kits 27th March 2020 JAKARTA, 27th March  2020 — Since the finding of the first two cases of COVID-19 in early March, the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus keeps growing in Indonesia. Today, almost 900 cases of infection announced. One of the biggest obstacles met by Indonesia to contain the spread of the COVID-19 is test kits availability. Limited numbers of test kits available in the nation making it difficult for Indonesia to aggressively trace the spread of the virus, a [...]

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