Shanghai-Based Company Produces Monkeypox Virus Test Kits for WHO

As monkeypox was declared a "global emergency" by the World Health Organization, Shanghai-based Zj Bio-tech, a test kit provider for the WHO, said it had received 24 urgent orders from the organization.

The company is now mass producing monkeypox test kits.The PCR test kit developed by Shanghai Zj Bio-tech can detect specific sequences of monkeypox viral DNA through fluorescence. The PCR test kit developed by Shanghai Zj Bio-tech can detect specific sequences of monkeypox viral DNA through fluorescence. The company said this method is highly accurate.According to the WHO, monkeypox has been detected in more than 70 countries. WHO officials are urging people to take the current outbreaks seriously. No infection has been reported on the Chinese mainland so far.