South Korean polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test developer Seegene will export ten million of its Covid-19 testing kits to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) / World Health Organization (WHO) through its Brazilian subsidiary, Seegene do Brasil Diagnosticos.
The company has supplied five million of its Allplex 2019-nCOV assays to Brazil and will supply the remaining tests over the coming weeks. In total, it has exported 20 million tests to over 60 countries.
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The assay is able to identify three different SARS-CoV-2 target genes, the E gene, RdRP gene and N gene. Its automated system is able to support a large volume of tests.
