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40+ countries received HKUMed tests to detect COVID-19
Rapid nucleic acid amplification tests that were developed by the HKU’s LKS Faculty of Medicine to detect the Coronavirus Disease 2019 in patients are being used by public health care laboratories in more than 40 countries. The testes have successfully identified confirmed cases in countries such as Egypt, Cambodia and Nepal .
The tests were developed by Dr Daniel Chu Ka-wing, Professor Leo Poon Lit-man and Professor Malik Peiris from the Division of Public Health Laboratory Sciences in HKU Med’s School of Public Health in January. The reference materials and reagents have been freely provided to overseas laboratories so they can prepare for this epidemic and identify COVID-19 patients early.
