The vice president for science and technology says Iran is to export diagnostic kits that it has indigenously produced for identification of the new coronavirus patients to Germany and Turkey.

Speaking to IRNA on Monday, Sourena Sattari identified the devices as serologic test kits developed by Iranian science-based companies that have been granted export permits by the country’s Health Ministry. Serologic testing is used for identifying antibodies in serum.

The Islamic Republic has reached such level of self-sufficiency in producing the devices that it can now export them to most countries across the world, he said.

Sattari said the Islamic Republic is now capable of conducting as many as one million diagnostic tests on people, saying all such examinations are carried out using equipment of complete domestic manufacture.

He had announced earlier that test kits developed by the country could be ready for export in the fall, when the next wave of the virus’ outbreak was expected to hit the international community.