Ho Wah Genting Berhad announced appointment as the authorized sale agent/distributor for the Covid-19 related products from Wuhan Easy Diagnosis Biomedicine Co.,Ltd. The Board of Directors of Ho Wah Genting Bhd announced that the eDiagnosis COVID-19 nucleic acid test kit (Test Kit), manufactured by Wuhan Easydiagnosis Biomedicine Co Ltd, which had been earlier submitted to the Ministry of Health's National Public Health Laboratory for evaluation, had received results via report issued on 8 October 2020 that the Test Kit had passed the sensitivity test (test to detect correctly swab sample that contains SARS-CoV-2 virus: positive) and specificity test (test to determine correctly swab sample that does not contain SARS-CoV-2 virus: negative) with 100% accuracy. The next immediate step is for HWGB Biotech Sdn Bhd (HWGB Biotech) (fka HWG Consortium Sdn Bhd) to submit the Test Kit to the Medical Device Authority (MDA) for approval. Once the approval from MDA is obtained, then HWGB Biotech can import and market the Test Kit in Malaysia.