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Biotech firm develops kit for diagnosing Ebola
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A LOCAL biotech company says it has developed a diagnostic kit for Ebola that has been used in Nigeria with good effects.
Shanghai ZJ Bio-Tech Co said it started to develop the kit for Ebola virus in 2010 at the request of African clients.
Since the recent outbreak in west Africa, some 50 health facilities and laboratories home and abroad have ordered it.
Among those locally are the Shanghai Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Shanghai Exit-Entry Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.
ZJ has 5,000 kits in stock and says it can produce 50,000 kits within three days if required.
Meanwhile, more than 50 medical staff from Ruijin, Zhongshan, Xinhua and Huashan hospitals and the Shanghai Public Health Center are on standby to fly to Africa to help fight the Ebola outbreak.
The virus has killed more than 1,000 people in west Africa since it was first reported in Guinea in February.
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