Research Institute of Virology received medical equipment

Based on the Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), a comprehensive program to combat the effects of COVID-19 is being successfully implemented in Uzbekistan. For the implementation of the program on fight against COVID-19 the Government of Korea provided Uzbekistan with the grant in the amount of 10,0 million US Dollars for 2020-2021, including 9,0 million US Dollars for the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan and 1,0 million US Dollars for the support of socially vulnerable segments of the population. Currently KOICA cooperates with the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, the Agency for Sanitary and Epidemiological Welfare and Public Health under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tashkent Medical Academy, Research Institute of Virology of the Republican Specialized Research Medical Center of Epidemiology, Microbiology, Infectious and Parasitic Diseases, National Child Health Center and other medical institutions on prevention, treatment and research of infectious diseases.

As part of the Comprehensive Program, KOICA provided multispiral computed tomography, endoscopy and laboratory equipment to the Institute of Virology and facilitated construction and infrastructure work to prepare the research facilities.

On May 12, 2022, the official opening ceremony of the MSCT department was held at the Institute of Virology.

Multislice computed tomography (MSCT) is a modern method of accurate diagnosis based on layer-by-layer scanning of the human body. This technique is aimed at detecting various types of pathological changes in organs at early stages of tumor and non-tumor etiology.

MSCT is widely used for diagnostics of respiratory system affection degree in COVID-19.