{"id":20433,"date":"2022-02-15T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/02\/15\/medriva-covid-19-rapid-antigen-test-kits-to-launch-at-mannings-largest-pharmacy-chain-in-hong-kong-company-to-donate-4-million-of-test-kits-to-ngos-to-help-fight-omicron-wave-as-mass-rapid\/"},"modified":"2022-02-15T08:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T08:30:00","slug":"medriva-covid-19-rapid-antigen-test-kits-to-launch-at-mannings-largest-pharmacy-chain-in-hong-kong-company-to-donate-4-million-of-test-kits-to-ngos-to-help-fight-omicron-wave-as-mass-rapid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2022\/02\/15\/medriva-covid-19-rapid-antigen-test-kits-to-launch-at-mannings-largest-pharmacy-chain-in-hong-kong-company-to-donate-4-million-of-test-kits-to-ngos-to-help-fight-omicron-wave-as-mass-rapid\/","title":{"rendered":"Medriva\u2122 COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kits to Launch at Mannings, Largest Pharmacy Chain in Hong Kong; Company to Donate $4 Million of Test Kits to NGOs to help fight Omicron Wave as Mass Rapid Testing (MRT) becomes the future for controlling future outbreaks"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HONG KONG SAR –\u00a0Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 15 February
\n2022\u00a0–\u00a0<\/b>Medriva\u2122
\nCOVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kits will be made available across Hong Kong through
\nits partnership with Mannings, announced by leading global medical product
\nsupplier\u00a0<\/b>ProcureNet.<\/p>\n

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The Company will launch its Medriva\u2122 COVID-19 Rapid
\nAntigen Test Kit at Mannings, the largest pharmacy chain in Hong Kong with 366
\nstores as the city fights its biggest battle with the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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The agreement comes days after Medriva won TGA approval by
\nthe Australian Government to market and sell the Medriva COVID-19 Rapid Antigen
\nTest Kit, which provides quick and easy detection via a nasal swab of a
\nCOVID-19 viral infection.<\/p>\n

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Medriva is one of the most effective test kits on the
\nmarket, having a 95% “sensitivity rate” and a 99% “relative specificity” rate.
\nIts overall effectiveness is 97%. The results meet the World Health
\nOrganization’s recommended performance standards.<\/p>\n

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“Mannings has rigorously assessed our antigen test kit for
\nsafety, quality and effectiveness,” commented ProcureNet chief executive
\nGurbaksh Chahal. Founded in 2020, Medriva had a successful launch through its
\nstrong government partner network, including organizations such as WHO, UNICEF,
\nHealth Canada, Italy, Hong Kong, Turkey, and over a dozen states in the USA.<\/p>\n

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“Mannings’ distribution enables us to supply the Medriva
\nAntigen Test Kit to help Hong Kong residents in their early detection of the
\nvirus and provides ProcureNet with the opportunity to scale up to meet future
\ndemand there.”<\/p>\n

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He added: “We look forward to teaming up with Mannings to
\nprevent the spread in Hong Kong. This will provide residents with the most
\ncost-effective solution on the market and added assurance during the latest
\nOmicron outbreak.” <\/p>\n

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On Monday, the city was hit with another record-breaking
\n2,071 new confirmed cases and about 4,500 preliminary infections. The test kits
\navailability will also mean Hong Kong locals no longer have to face eight-hour
\nwaits for kits.<\/p>\n

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The Company will donate $4 million worth of Rapid Antigen
\nTest Kits to the following NGOs to help distribute rapid antigen test kits to
\nunderprivileged communities: The Community Chest of Hong Kong, Caritas Hong
\nKong, Hong Kong Red Cross and Pok Oi Hospital. The kits will be distributed
\namongst the community and shared amongst the front-line staff assisting
\npatients during the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Chahal said, “Hong Kong has a special place in all of our
\nhearts, and this is just a small token of our gratitude to help this city
\nrecover from the recent Omicron wave. We look forward to working with these
\nNGOs at the grassroots level to help distribute these test kits to the
\nunderprivileged groups to ease any burden for the well being of the community.”<\/p>\n

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As countries begin to live with COVID-19, mass rapid testing becomes the
\nmain tool to control future outbreaks. Eliminating the virus through stringent
\nlockdown and quarantine measures, and treating it as endemic, are often
\ndiscussed as mutually exclusive strategies. Frequent and widespread adoption of
\nat-home antigen rapid testing could offer the best of both worlds. And, we look
\nforward to helping Hong Kongers by bringing the most cost-effective diagnostic
\nsolutions to them.<\/p>\n

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Chahal asserted: “Whatever we do now is preparation
\nfor the next variant wave or future pandemics. Self-testing is already as easy
\nas other hygiene routines, like brushing teeth. We know it can be made as cheap
\nas a daily commute. When that happens, we can crush the pandemic with a new
\nkind of ‘MRT’: mass rapid testing,” said Chahal.<\/p>\n

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The company will extend its production capacity of 60
\nmillion rapid antigen test kits per month to Hong Kong. Medriva also plans to
\nmake the kits available on Amazon, HKTVMall, and other pharmacies in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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Learn more about Medriva’s Self-Test Kit:\u00a0https:\/\/medriva.com\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n
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HONG KONG SAR –\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0– 15 February 2022\u00a0–\u00a0Medriva\u2122 COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kits will be made available across Hong Kong through its partnership with Mannings, announced by leading global medical product supplier\u00a0ProcureNet. The Company will launch its Medriva\u2122 COVID-19 Rapid Antigen Test Kit at Mannings, the largest pharmacy chain in Hong Kong with 366 stores …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20433"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}