DRAP Receives 2 More Local COVID-19 Testing Kits: Fawad Chaudhry
On July 1, Fawad Chaudhry stated that DRAP received two more local COVID-19 testing kits - one of these can produce results in 45 minutes.
In a press conference on July 1, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry stated that the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan (DRAP) received two more local COVID-19 testing kits – one of these can produce results in 45 minutes.
“The testing kits have been sent by a local company,” Fawad Chaudhry mentioned the requirements for the approval from DRAP for the local COVID-19 testing kits. “Approval of such kits requires 300 tests in the laboratory and another 500 in the field,”
Testing kits that had been created by NUST have been approved, and are now going to be commercially produced from July 2.
Furthermore, Fawad Chaudhry talked about producing our own PPE, “we are making our own personal protective equipment (PPE) in Pakistan. Faisalabad Textile University has been made independent for production of cotton masks; Pakistan has also started making N95 masks.”
Under the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) has been working with the European and American institutions so that they can improve the quality of Pakistani manufactured COVID-19 gear.
“Today we are exporting 100,000,000 orders of coded material,” Fawad added. “Ventilators will increase this; the first batch of ten ventilators have been developed by National Radio and Telecommunication Corporation [NRTC].
“On his return from Lahore, the prime minister will hand over the first set of ventilators to National Disaster Management Authority [NDMA] and three more companies are starting manufacturing for ventilators. Manufacturing of ventilators will begin in Pakistan in 60 to 90 days.
“A group of 300 engineers with support from the ministry, who are training hospital staff have volunteered to operate ventilators. There are more than 300 ventilators, gathering dust in hospitals that are gradually becoming functional.”
In addition to producing our own fighting gear and PCR kits, Fawad also mentioned that the ministry will be working with institutes such as Pakistan Engineering Council (PEC) and universities like NUST to manufacture items such hand sanitisers. This will lead to a lesser level of dependency on imports.
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