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Singapore Sends Coronavirus Test Kits to Brunei

Singapore Sends Coronavirus Test Kits to Brunei
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Singapore has sent medical supplies to Brunei that will allow doctors there to detect and help contain the coronavirus outbreak.

Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Wednesday (March 25) that the Government has contributed diagnostic kits that can perform 3,000 tests and a polymerase chain reaction machine to test for Covid-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.

MFA said that the offer was made in a phone call between Singapore Health Minister Gan Kim Yong and Brunei Health Minister Haji Mohammad Isham Haji Jaafar.

The supplies were handed over by High Commissioner of Singapore to Brunei, Mr Lim Hong Huai, to Datuk Seri Setia Dr Haji Mohammad Isham at the Brunei Ministry of Health on Wednesday morning.

The Singapore Government has sent diagnostic kits that can perform 3,000 tests and a polymerase chain reaction machine to test for Covid-19. Image: ST File
The Singapore Government has sent diagnostic kits that can perform 3,000 tests and a polymerase chain reaction machine to test for Covid-19. Image: ST File

 

"Singapore will continue to work with Brunei to fight and contain the spread of Covid-19 in our countries," MFA said in the statement.

Singapore previously sent medical supplies to the Philippines on Tuesday (March 24), to Myanmar on March 4, and to China on Feb 19 and Feb 8.

"The successful containment of Covid-19 will require countries in the region to work together and help each other out," MFA said on Tuesday.

For the March 4 dispatch, the supplies were handed over by Singapore's Ambassador to Myanmar, Ms Vanessa Chan, to Myanmar National Health Laboratory director Htay Htay Tin at Yangon International Airport.

For the Feb 19 dispatch, Singapore's Ambassador to China Lui Tuck Yew handed over the country's humanitarian assistance to People's Liberation Army General Hospital Medical Service Department deputy head Zhang Fu in Beijing.

The Feb 8 dispatch of humanitarian assistance by the Singapore Government was sent to Wuhan.


Source : The Straits Times

Indah Gilang Pusparani

Indah is a researcher at Badan Perencanaan Pembangunan Penelitian dan Pengembangan Daerah Kota Cirebon (Regional Development Planning and Research Agency of Cirebon Municipality). She covers More international relations, tourism, and startups in Southeast Asia region and beyond. Indah graduated from MSc Development Administration and Planning from University College London, United Kingdom in 2015. She finished bachelor degree from International Relations from University of Indonesia in 2014, with two exchange programs in Political Science at National University of Singapore and New Media in Journalism at Ball State University, USA. She was awarded Diplomacy Award at Harvard World Model United Nations and named as Indonesian Gifted Researcher by Australian National University. She is Researcher at Regional Planning Board in Cirebon, West Java. She previously worked as Editor in Bening Communication, the Commonwealth Parliament Association UK, and diplomacy consulting firm Best Delegate LLC in USA. Less
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