"I congratulate the staff of two leading domestic scientific institutions on the great achievement - development of diagnostic test-systems for coronavirus COVID-19. Due to the efforts of scientists and specialists of the National science center of dangerous infections and the national center of biological technologies the tests have been created in a short tem which comply with the international standards," reads the statement of Tokayev addressed to the medical staff of the centers.
"The achievements of two centers demonstrate high competitiveness of domestic biomedicine of the branch and the development prospects in the condition of combat with the spread of coronavirus infection throughout the world," reads the statement.
"I believe the tests will save lives and health of thousands of people in Kazakhstan," he concluded.
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