How this South Korean company created coronavirus test kits in three weeks

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Before there were any cases of novel coronavirus confirmed in South Korea, one of the country's biotech firms had begun preparing to make testing kits to identify the disease

There the company houses an artificial intelligence-based big data system, which has enabled the firm to quickly develop a test for coronavirus.

It was only the third time the company had used its super computer -- rather than its research and development team working manually -- to design a test. It had previously used the system to make diagnosis kits for urethritis, the inflammation of the urethra. The company was able to design the test using only the genetic details that had been released about the virus, and without having a sample of Covid-19.

"We're now at a watershed moment with the novel coronavirus and the next few days will be very critical," Moon said in a televised address."We need to identify the infected people as soon as possible and prevent the virus from spreading further." "Some times doing packaging of the product. It doesn't matter how they are educated, it doesn't matter because we are crazy here," said Noh Si-won, the executive director of corporate strategy.But the company is also facing international demand from about 30 countries -- including Italy and Germany -- which are using Seegene's products, Chun said.The firm is making about 10,000 kits a week and each kit can test 100 patients.

 

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