Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Viet Nam turned over sample collection kits to Prof Dang Duc Anh, Director of National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (Photo credit: WHO Viet Nam/Loan Tran)
[Ha Noi 19 February 2021] To support Viet Nam’s response to the current outbreak of COVID-19, the World Health Organization provided additional laboratory supplies to scale up testing in affected provinces.
WHO Representative in Viet Nam, Dr Kidong Park, handed over 25,800 specimen collection kits to Prof Dang Duc Anh, Director of the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) for distribution to provinces, in consultation with the General Department
of Preventive Medicine (GDPM).
“Strong testing capability is an essential tool for addressing the challenges presented by this pandemic and for protecting communities”, says Dr Kidong Park. “WHO remains committed in sustaining our support to the country not only in delivering supplies but also in continuing to provide technical assistance in the pandemic response.”
A sample collection using WHO’s sponsored sample collection kit (Photo credit: WHO Viet Nam/Loan Tran)