Health Ministry of Kyrgyzstan purchases express tests for diagnosis of COVID-19

Bishkek, April 1, 2022. / Kabar /. The Ministry of Health has announced a tender for the purchase of sets of express test systems for the detection of SARS COV-2 antigen.

The public procurement portal said that the planned amount is KGS 69 million 930 thousand. The deadline for submitting a competitive application is April 15.

The technical specification states that the kit is being purchased for an in vitro diagnostic test, for the qualitative detection of the SARS-CoV-2 (novel coronavirus) antigen in nasopharyngeal and/or oropharyngeal swabs, a human saliva sample. Sensitivity - not less than 85%. The result processing time is 1-15 minutes.