source: BNews

According to Brazil’s BNews, on April 10, Rui Costa, the governor of Bahia, personally arranged a plane to deliver a batch of COVID-19 nucleic acid diagnostic kits from China.

Due to the increasing lack of medical supplies in Brazil, Rui Costa personally arranged a plane to take back the Chinese COVID-19 nucleic acid diagnostic kits from central laboratory in Santa Catarina on April 10. This news was confirmed by Fábio Vilas-Boas, the Secretary of Health Department of State of Bahia, on Twitter this Friday.

“A batch of fluorescent nucleic acid diagnostic kits were sent from San Paolo airport to the state of Bahia, but the flight was cancelled for two consecutive days due to the epidemic. The next batch of goods will only be delivered on Monday. In order to urgently use the diagnostic kits for the detection of novel coronavirus, Costa arranged a plane to transport the said goods”, Fábio wrote on Twitter.

This batch of COVID-19 nucleic acid diagnostic kits were produced by Hybribio, which were shipped from Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport on March 30 and has now successfully arrived in Bahia, Brazil.

The government of Brazil said that they would purchase more diagnostic kits for local prevention and control of pandemic.

Hybribio receives the ANVISA certificate from Brazil authority

Recently, the novel coronavirus COVID-19 nucleic acid diagnostic kit produced by Hybribio has received the registration certificate from ANVISA (Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency) and was approved to market in Brazil. ANVISA, under the command of Brazil Ministry of Health, is in charge of the pre-market and the post-market surveillance of all medical devices and in vitro diagnostic products in the Brazilian market. As the largest market of medical devices in South America, Brazil is recognized as one of the countries with the most stringent quality management system in the world. All the medical devices imported to Brazil must be inspected by the Brazilian customs according to the registration status of ANVISA. Only those pass the inspection are approved to enter the market of Brazil.

Hybribio’s COVID-19 Real-Time PCR Kit has received the CE certificate and ANVISA certificate consecutively, which showcases the confidence and affirmation of the international market to the quality of Hybribio’s products.

Currently, the number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia is increasing. The novel coronavirus nucleic acid diagnostic kit of Hybribio is suitable for large-scale screening in countries and regions where the epidemic is serious or spreading, providing reliable diagnostic basis for epidemic prevention and control, and serving as a technological support under the current global crisis, due to its characters of convenient sampling, large detection throughput, high efficiency and cost-effective.