Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei

Tehran (IP) - Government Spokesman Ali Rabiei has said on Friday night that the Pasteur Institute of Iran has approved the COVID-19 diagnostic kits made by Defence Ministry experts.

Iran Press/ Iran news: Pointing to the meeting of the National Headquarters for Coronavirus Disease Management held on Friday morning, Rabiei said the decision has been made to provide field hospitals ( mobile hospitals) in areas where the new coronavirus is likely to spread.

The COVID-19 diagnostic kit is used to diagnose the disease in individuals infected with the Coronavirus.

Earlier on 23 February, the first prototype of the COVID-19 disease test kit was produced by Iranian medical experts, engineers and scientists at Iran’s Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics.

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