Virologist, molecular biologist, leading researcher at the N.N. A.N. Belozersky Moscow State University Lomonosov Maxim Skulachev spoke about the factors affecting the cost of research on COVID-19.
“The reagents used in the test, their cost, where they are produced are important. Most of them are foreign, respectively, the exchange rate of the euro and the dollar affects this, ”he said in an interview with Sputnik radio.
Equipment also plays a role, he said.
As the expert noted, it's one thing if it's just a test tube, and another if you need to send a sample to a central laboratory.
Earlier, Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Virology of the RMANPO of the Ministry of Health of Russia Elena Malinnikova, in an interview with Nation News, spoke about the likelihood of contracting COVID-19 and ARVI.
