Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) leadership decided to supply equipment with a set of diagnostic test systems to the Scientific Research Institute of Virology of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan.

The kits include equipment for detection of COVID-19 coronavirus using a new diagnostic method based on RT-PCR – real-time polymerase chain reaction, reception, registration and primary processing of the material, DNA/RNA isolation, preparation of the reaction mixture and performing PCR, detection of PCR results and disinfection of materials.

The equipment and test systems supplied is worth 70 thousand euros.