Peru Minsa Strengthens Tender

As part of the actions within the framework of the Third Wave Plan for COVID-19 considered within the plan of strategies to carry out a timely and reliable rapid diagnosis of coronavirus the Ministry of Health Minsa through the National Institute of Health INS carried out the strengthening of its Molecular Biology Laboratory located in Barranco.For this the INS was in charge of transferring 3 automated equipment that allows the results of molecular tests to detect COVID 19 on the same day that the sample is taken at the service points thus achieving the rapid identification of infected people.In addition to the automated equipment said institute provided the Directorate of Integrated Health Networks Diris Lima Sur with automated molecular tests and personnel for processing as well as trained laboratory technicians to handle the equipment.The presentation of the laboratory equipment implemented in Diris Lima Sur was attended by the head of the INS Vctor Surez the general director of Diris Lima Sur Jorge Ricalde the head of the Medical Support Services Work Team Hernn Razo and the general director of the National Center for Public Health of the INS Luis Donaires. It should be noted that since the first week of 2022 around 300 daily molecular tests have been carried out in Lima Sur at the 49 service points installed for molecular diagnostic care.In this way the INS continues to develop its work to strengthen this new Public Health strategy that is being developed at the Metropolitan Lima level so that people can access the diagnosis of COVID-19 faster.