전 세계가 '한국산 진단키트'에 주목하는 이유<br /><br />It is becoming more and more apparent as researchers learn more about COVID-19 that testing is the key to flattening the curve of coronavirus infections.<br />This has prompted countries to search high and low for high-quality diagnostic kits.<br />And those produced in South Korea are in overwhelming global demand.<br />Kim Sung-min tells us why more than 100 countries are looking to South Korea for help in their time in need.<br />As the COVID-19 pandemic rages around the world, more than a hundred different countries have made enquiries about the test kits made and used in South Korea.<br />For Lithuania, Bulgaria and the U.S., their respective leaders directly reached out to President Moon Jae-in to make urgent requests for South Korea's kits.<br />Over the past few months, South Korea's diagnostic kits have proven their speed and accuracy through hundreds of thousands of samplings.<br />Once the test is done, the kits show a reliable 'positive or negative' result within six hours.<br />This contrasts sharply with Chinese-made kits.<br />The Spanish government recently decided not to use test kits they'd bought from China because of their low reliability of only 30 percent.<br />The key behind South Korea's rapid test kit development was the immediate action taken by the government and the country's innovative medical companies.<br />As soon as South Korea confirmed its first case in January, government officials gathered the heads of several local medical companies, urged them to produce high-quality kits and vowed that they'd be approved extremely quickly.<br />South Korean experts also worked hard to minimize potential errors and constantly provided advice to ensure the kits would be the highest possible quality.<br />The Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged local medical companies to quickly develop a coronavirus test kit. We then immediately conducted concise evaluations on the new kits.<br />Adding to its credibility, South Korea's test method for infectious diseases has been accepted as a draft international standard by the International Organization for Standardization.<br />After receiving final approval from all member states, the method is expected to be designated as an international standard before the end of the year.<br />Kim Sung-min, Arirang News.<br />
