BSMMU forms body to check Gonoshasthaya's testing kits
The authorities of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University on Saturday formed a six-member committee to conduct the performance study of the COVID-19 rapid testing kits produced by Gonoshasthaya Kendra.
Talking to UNB, BSMMU vice-chancellor professor Kanak Kanti Barua said the committee was formed headed by virology department's former chairman Professor Shahina Tabassum.
He said they constituted the committee carrying out a ending up in a delegation of Gonoshasthaya Kendra.
The VC said the committee would start working on the problem after further discussions with the Gonoshasthaya authorities on Sunday.
Contacted, Gonoshasthaya Kendra founder Zafrullah Chowdhury thanked the BSMMU authorities for forming the committee and hoped that they might soon start their activities to the end.
He urged the BSMMU team to complete their study by a week.
Zafrullah said the European Union had showed interest in importing their kits.
On Thursday, Directorate General of Drug Administration gave Gonoshasthaya the permission to get its COVID-19 rapid testing kits tested.
The DGDA informed Gonoshasthaya that the performance study of the kits could possibly be done either at the BSMMU or IEDCR.
On April 25, Gonoshasthaya Kendra authorities paid their testing kits to the BSMMU and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the ultimate approval.
Gonoshasthaya Kendra is rolling out the 'easy, effective and cheap' solution to test coronavirus or COVID-19.
Gonoshasthaya-RNA Biotech Limited, a sister concern of Gonoshasthaya, with the aid of authorities from Singapore developed the technique named 'Gonoshasthaya Rapid Dot Blot.'
On March 17, Gonoshasthaya Kendra declared that that they had developed a testing kit that may examine samples to detect COVID-19 within 15 minutes.
