German specialists to train Kyrgyz laboratory workers on detection of COVID-19 variants

AKIPRESS.COM - The joint medical mission of Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Martsinovsky Institute of Medical Parasitology and Tropical Medicine and German Society for International Cooperation arrived in Bishkek on May 10 with German financial support. One of the main areas of work of the mission is to provide training on detection of variants of Covid-19 in laboratories in Kyrgyzstan, the Ministry of Health and Social Development reported.
The mission cooperates with the National Reference Laboratiry, which will receive support in sequencing and analysis of coronavirus.
Workers of state laboratories in Bishkek and Osh will receive training on diagnostics and biosecurity.
50,000 PCR tests and extraction kits will be handed over to local laboratories. The mission will also provide reagents for sequencing of variants of coronavirus necessary for training.
Germany already provided oxygen equipment, protective clothing, consumables for PCR testing, hygiene products. The emergency department of the hospital in Jalal-Abad funded by Germany was launched in July 2020 for treatment of patients with coronavirus infection.