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Enough ART kits in stock to meet surge in demand, say suppliers
Distributors here are confident of meeting the rising demand for Covid-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits, with months' worth of stock in warehouses and shipments coming in every week to meet the surge in orders.
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Covid-19: Shipments of antigen rapid test kits arriving
Suppliers of Covid-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits tell The Straits Times that there are months' worth of stock in warehouses, and shipments are arriving every week. It comes amid surging demand for ART kits, with more people required to get tested before going into the office or to events.
10 Covid-19 ART kits to be delivered to every S'pore household
This will benefit some 1.54 million households, the Ministry of Health (MOH) told The Straits Times. The kits will be mailed out via SingPost, making it more convenient for the public to test themselves regularly at home.This distribution exercise - which will last from Friday to Dec 7 - is the...
HSA Grants Interim Authorisation for Four COVID-19 Antigen Rapid Test
These are antigen rapid tests (ARTs) that can be used by consumers (untrained lay-users) for self-testing to detect active SARS-CoV-2 infection in nasal swab samples. ARTs detect the viral proteins in the nasal swab samples of infected individuals and usually work best in the early stages of infecti...
ART kit vending machine near Ng Teng Fong General Hospital
On Sep. 15, a vending machine dispensing Covid-19 tests outside Ng Teng Fong General Hospital was seen with incorrect information displayed on it. The vending machine outside Ng Teng Fong General Hospital dispenses Biomedia SPD Scientific Covid-19 home test kits.
Singapore authorises four COVID-19 antigen rapid test self-use kits
These are antigen rapid tests (ARTs) that can be used by consumers (untrained lay-users) for self-testing to detect active SARS-CoV-2 infection in nasal swab samples. ARTs detect the viral proteins in the nasal swab samples of infected individuals and usually work best in the early stages...
Stock levels of ART kits 'healthy and sufficient'
Distributors here are confident that they are able to meet the rising demand for Covid-19 antigen rapid test (ART) kits, with months' worth of stock in warehouses and shipments coming in every week to meet the surge in orders.This follows the rush for ART kits at many pharmacy retailers, where...
EPF awards Covid-19 test kit supply contract to Singapore firm...
KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has awarded a Covid-19 saliva test kit supply contract to Singapore-based biomedical and life sciences services company Biomedia's Malaysian unit SPD Scientific (M) Sdn Bhd following a tender exercise by the EPF, according to the pension fu...
'Adequate' supply of COVID-19 self-test kits
SINGAPORE: Suppliers of COVID-19 self-test kits are working with retailers to ensure there are enough test kits available, as demand has gone up in recent weeks, they told CNA.SPD Scientific managing director Jes Lim said on Wednesday (Sep 22) that while demand has shot up many times, stoc...
18th World Congress of Anaesthesiologists (WCA2024)
The successful completion of our stand-building project for Intersurgical at 19th WFSA World Congress of Anaesthesiologists in Singapore.
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