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Quang Ninh receives 10,000 COVID-19 testing kits from SunGroup

The northern province of Quang Ninh, where a new COVID-19 outbreak has been discovered, has received 10,000 SARS-CoV-2 testing kits worth more than 28,000 USD presented by SunGroup.
Quang Ninh receives 10,000 COVID-19 testing kits from SunGroup ảnh 1Taking samples for COVID-19 testing on January 28 (Source: VNA)
Quang Ninh (VNA) – The northern province ofQuang Ninh, where a new COVID-19 outbreak has been discovered, has received10,000 SARS-CoV-2 testing kits worth more than 28,000 USD presented bySunGroup.

Speaking at the handover ceremony on January 28 afternoon,Chairman of the Quang Ninh People’s Committee Nguyen Tuong Van said that thetesting kits will be useful to help local medical units to promptly detectinfection cases in the community, thereby swiftly localizing and stamping outthe pandemic.

According to the provincial Department of Health, as of14:00 on January 28, the province had found 714 people related to the outbreakat Van Don International Airport, of whom 10 positive cases were confirmed.

For the other outbreak in Chi Linh city of Hai Duongprovince, as of 15:00 on January 28, medical staff took samples of 42 out of 43high-risk people and no positive cases were found.

On January 27 and 28, 84 COVID-19 cases have been confirmedin the provinces./. 
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