Ministry receives 190,000 COVID-19 test kits from German states
The Ministry of Health on July 2 received 190,000 COVID-19 test kits worth some 500,000 USD donated by German states via the World University Service of Germany (WUS).
The test kit handover ceremony in Hanoi on July 2 (Photo: Ministry of Health)The rapid antigen test kits are donated by the states of Hamburg, Bremen, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Sachsen-Anhalt.
At the handover ceremony in Hanoi, Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong thanked the German Government and people for their precious and effective assistance to Vietnam’s healthcare sector in the recent past, expressing his hope that medical cooperation between the two countries will continue developing in the time ahead.
The test kits will be distributed to provinces and cities facing complex pandemic developments to serve the fight against COVID-19, he added.
He also noted that in 2020, when the pandemic first broke out in Germany, the Vietnamese Government presented 100,000 face masks to its German counterpart. Besides, Vietnamese people in the European nation also donated 100,000 masks to German states while making face masks and offering free meals to medical establishments and rest homes in the country.
German Ambassador to Vietnam Guido Hildner said the test kits are part of Germany’s support presented via the WUS, which will call on the administrations of German states to make more donations to provide Vietnam with about 1 million rapid COVID-19 test kits in the coming time.
The aid reflects the solidarity between the two countries, not only at the governmental level but also the state level, he emphasised./.
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