South Korea Set to Double Supply of CCP Virus Tests to US

South Korea’s SolGent has secured an order to supply a U.S. government agency with an additional 7,500 kits which can each perform 100 coronavirus tests.

A medical professional from Children's National Hospital carries a CCP virus test specimen after administering a test at a drive-through testing site for children age 22 and under at Trinity University in Washington on April 2, 2020. Drew Angerer/Getty Images

SEOUL—South Korea’s SolGent has secured an order to supply a U.S. government agency with an additional 7,500 kits which can each perform 100 CCP virus tests, the CEO of the biotech firm told Reuters.

That will double the number of tests U.S. authorities can perform using kits sourced from South Korea to 1.5 million.