HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has successfully cultivated and isolated the new coronavirus, first reported in Wuhan City in China. With the isolated virus, the NIHE will start work to develop test kits capable for quick diagnosis. With the cultivation and isolation of the acute respiratory virus, Vietnam is capable of conducting tests on thousands of samples per day if necessary, said Long. A week ago, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases announced that it has succeeded in cultivating and isolating the virus. Using the isolated virus, the institute will also develop vaccines, and discover the infection mechanism and promote research on the toxicity of the virus.

Source: The Star February 07, 2020 11:37 UTC