Comstech to help OIC institutes in developing diagnostic kits for COVID-19.

KARACHI -- COMSTECH in collaboration with the International Center for Chemical and Biological Sciences (ICCBS), University of Karachi is planning to help the OIC institutions in developing diagnostic kits for COVID-19.

This was stated by COMSTECH Coordinator General Prof. Dr. Iqbal Choudhary while addressing an online meeting with scientists and heads of the virology diagnostic laboratories of OIC institutions network belonging to Saudi Arabia, Indonesia, Azerbaijan, Gambia, Senegal, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Egypt. The meeting was aimed at exploring avenues of intra-OIC collaboration for capacity building of the laboratories.

Prof. Iqbal Choudhary, who is also heading the ICCBS : University of Karachi, told the meeting that, 'COMSTECH offers two online training courses in collaboration with the ICCBS-University of Karachi and National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad this year for building capacities of scientists in testing and developing diagnostic kits for COVID-19.'

COMSTECH has submitted a proposal to Islamic Development Bank to further enhance testing capacities of OIC member states, he said, adding that this...

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