Thailand’s Institute to produce 100,000 affordable Covid-19 test kits a month

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BANGKOK, March 18  (TNA) – Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC) will produce about 100,000 test kits a month for the tests of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) that will show test results in an hour at the price of only 500 baht.



Chansin Treenuchagron, president and chief executive officer of PTT Plc, said PTT and VISTEC developed the test kits with the help of many partners including the Broad Institute, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, the Department of Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, the Faculty of Science at Mahidol University and Prapokklao Hospital. PTT and Siam Commercial Bank funded the development.