WASHINGTON/SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. state of Colorado will soon receive South Korean-made kits to run more than 100,000 new coronavirus tests, one of its senators has tweeted, after Maryland purchased diagnostic kits to conduct 500,000 tests. Sen. Cory Gardner, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia, expressed appreciation [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Seegene Inc., a major diagnostic assay maker in South Korea, said Tuesday it has exported more than 10 million coronavirus test kits in just two months. Seegene said its Allplex novel coronavirus test kit has been sold to more than 60 countries, including the United States, Germany, Italy and [...]
WASHINGTON, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. state of Maryland has purchased US$9 million worth of South Korean coronavirus test kits, enabling it to perform 500,000 tests, Gov. Larry Hogan said Monday. Hogan made the announcement during a press conference in the state capital of Annapolis alongside his Korean wife, Yumi, who he said [...]
WASHINGTON, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States is grateful to South Korea for supplying COVID-19 testing kits, a senior U.S. government official said Monday ahead of the planned arrival of a shipment of Korean-made kits. Two South Korean companies were set to load their test kits on a U.S. cargo flight Tuesday (Seoul [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 126 countries have asked about either importing South Korean-made coronavirus test kits or receiving them as part of humanitarian aid, the foreign ministry said Tuesday. Seoul has garnered recognition for its diagnostic capabilities, quarantine efforts and medical infrastructure that have led to its daily number of [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Exports of sanitary goods such as hand sanitizers and coronavirus test kits surged last month in line with growing demand from overseas for such Korean-made goods, data showed on Sunday. According to the data compiled by the trade ministry, outbound shipments of hand sanitizers surged sevenfold to reach US$5.69 [...]
SEOUL, March 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has put the United States, the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia on its priority list for exporting quarantine supplies, such as coronavirus test kits, a Seoul official said Friday, as nearly 120 countries seek to secure the products manufactured here. The foreign ministry official made the remarks [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean-made virus test kits are increasing their presence in overseas markets, industry observers said Thursday, as demand for diagnostic tools to fight the new coronavirus accelerates in many virus-hit countries. According to Seoul’s foreign ministry, 47 countries have so far asked about importing South Korean-made coronavirus test kits, [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A total of 47 countries have asked about importing South Korean-made coronavirus test kits while an additional 39 countries requested the kits as humanitarian aid, a foreign ministry official said Wednesday. Such calls have been rising as Seoul has recently been garnering global recognition for its diagnostic capabilities, quarantine [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has sent 51,000 sampling kits used in coronavirus tests to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Cheong Wa Dae said Tuesday, clarifying its earlier announcement. Earlier in the day, the presidential office announced that 51,000 diagnostic kits had been shipped to the UAE in emergency exports as part [...]