Iran Ambassador to UK Hamid Baeedinejad in his twitter account on Wednesday wrote, “thanks to its talented scientists and experts, the Islamic Republic of Iran has now been able to introduce itself among the countries that have the technology of ‘coronavirus’ diagnostic kits.”

Yesterday, the Islamic Republic of Iran exported a consignment of 40,000- coronavirus diagnostic kits to Germany which is enough to test four million people, Baeedinejad emphasized.

In line with its humanitarian aids, the Islamic Republic of Iran also donated cargo containing 5,000 corona diagnostic kits to Afghanistan and also Lebanon.

Iran exports corona diagnostic kits at the condition that the country heavily needed to these kits at the beginning of the outbreak of COVID-19 in the country but with the cooperation of knowledge-based companies, not only Iran’s requirement to these kits have been met, but also suitable ways have been provided for the country in export of these kits, he stressed.

High capabilities and potentials of domestic knowledge-based firms indicate that Iran can have a strong presence in international markets with the adoption of an accurate supportive approach in line with realizing objectives of the motto of the current year entitled ‘surge in production’, Iran’s Ambassador to UK Baeedinejad underscored.

According to Sadegh Namdar, the managing director of Bazargan Customs Office, the six-ton cargo worth €443,685 arrived in Iran this morning and will be transported to Tehran to be dispatched to healthcare centers.

He said this is the third pharmaceutical consignment entering Iran through the Sari Su border market in Maku upon the agreement of Iranian and Turkish border chiefs.

Namdar expressed the border crossing’s readiness for transportation pharmaceuticals into the country, saying of such consignment, purchased from Germany weighing 26 tons, arrived in Iran through this border market 20 days ago.

As of Tuesday, a total of 84,802 people were tested positive with the novel coronavirus, of whom 5,297 have died and 60,965 have recovered.