Day: May 10, 2021

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بدأت سيجين تصدير أحدثفحوصات متحورات كوفيد- 19 للعالم بأسره للمساعدة علىاحتواء انتشار الجائحة

  • بإمكان سيجين أن تنتج 300,000 اختبار من الفحوصات التشخيصية لمتحورات كوفيد-19 التي بإمكانها اجراء الفحوصات لـ30 مليون شخص كل شهر.

سيول، كوريا الجنوبية, 10 مايو / أيار 2021 /PRNewswire/ — أعلنت اليوم شركة سيجين ، وهي شركة تكنولوجيا حيوية متخصصة في التشخيص الجزيئي، أنها حصلت على تصريح من وزارة الأغذية وسلامة الأدوية في كوريا الجنوبية للبدء في تصدير فحوصات متحورات كوفيد-19 إلى كل الدول حول العالم. وقد صرحت شركة التكنولوجيا الحيوية الرائدة بأن توفيرها للفحوصات التشخيصية لمتحورات فيروس كورونا سيؤدي إلى توحيد الجهود العالمية في مكافحة الوباء، إلى جانب المزيد من المتغيرات الفيروسية المعدية والفتاكة.

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يتم شحن أحدث فحوصات كوفيد-19 من سيجين، وهي فحصAllplexTM SARS-CoV-2 Master Assay وفحص”AllplexTM SARS-CoV-2 Variants I Assay “إلى أكثر من 20 دولة حول العالم، بما في ذلك الدول الأوروبية الأكثر تضررًا مثل المملكة المتحدة وإيطاليا وألمانيا وفرنسا وكذلك تشيلي. وقد حصل كلا الفحصين مسبقًا على علامة CE-IVD في اذار.

بعد أن استطاعت في السابق الحصول على تجهيزات إنتاج واسعة النطاق للإنتاج الضخم، صرحت سيجين إن بإمكانها إنتاج 300.000 فحص تشخيصي للمتحورات قادرة على فحص وتشخيص حالة 30 مليون شخص كل شهر.

صرح الدكتور جونغ يون تشون، الرئيس التنفيذي لسيجين، قائلًا: “ستخفف الفحوصات التشخيصية لمتحورات كوفيد-19 الأعباء على المهنيين الطبيين في جميع أنحاء العالم، ببساطة من خلال توفير فحص لمتغيرات الوباء عن طريق اختبار PCR بسيط، مما يسمح بإجراءات أكثر شمولاً للوقاية من العدوى والتعامل مع الوباء”.

يمكن للفحص التشخيصي الأول من نوعه في العالم على الإطلاق ‘‘AllplexTM SARS-CoV-2 Master Assay, الكشف عن كوفيد-19 وفحص العديد من متغيرات الفيروس في نفس الوقت خلال أقل من ساعتين بواسطة فحص PCR RT-. يمكن للفحص التنبؤ بأنواع مختلفة من الفيروسات بما في ذلك B.1.1.7, B.1.351 وP.1. كما يمكن استخدام اختبار’AllplexTM SARS-CoV-2 Master Assay,’ جنبًا إلى جنب مع فحص ‘AllplexTM RV Essential Assay‘ لتشخيص 17 من الفيروسات المسببة لالتهابات الجهاز التنفسي.

 يمكن لفحص ‘AllplexTM SARS-CoV-2 Variants I Assay‘ الكشف والتمييز بين الطفرات الموجودة بالإضافة إلى تقديم رؤية مسبقة ومتعمقة على أي نوع جديد مشتبه فيه. هذا النوع من الفحوصات التشخيصية بإمكانه التعرف على الطفرات في عدة أنواع من بينهاB.1.1.7, B.1.351, P.1 وB.1.525, باستخدام العديد من تقنيات سيجين , والتي من ضمنها طريقة (multiplex real-time PCR method of mTOCETM), وهي تكنولوجيا حديثة ورائدة لا يستطيع أحد الاستفادة منها سوى سيجين. كما تتيح أحدث أنواع الفحوصات لدى سيجين أخذ عينات اللعاب لتصبح خيارًا حيويًا وفعالا .

يقول د. تشون “أتمنى أن يستطيع الناس في جميع أنحاء العالم استئناف حياتهم المعتادة والعودة إلى العيش حياة صحية من خلال الفحوصات التشخيصية لمتغيرات كوفيد-19 من إنتاج سيجين.” “وستواصل سيجين مراقبة تطورات الفيروس عن كثب وتقديم فحوصات متنوعة إضافية للمساعدة في احتواء انتشار الفيروس ووضع حد للوباء “.

انتشر نوع فيروس كورونا، الذي تم التعرف عليه لأول مرة في المملكة المتحدة العام الماضي، إلى أكثر من 114 دولة حول العالم، ليصبح أكثر سلالات كوفيد-19 شيوعًا في الولايات المتحدة والمعروفة أيضًا باسم B.1.1.7. وقد أثبت ما يسمى بـ “النوع البريطاني” أنه ليس فقط أكثر عدوى ولكنه أيضًا الأكثر فتكًا، مما يثير القلق في جميع أنحاء العالم. ومن الأنواع الأخرى المثيرة للقلق، B.1.351، وهو النوع الذي تم اكتشافه لأول مرة في جنوب إفريقيا حيث وُجد أنه يقلل من فعالية بعض اللقاحات، مما أدى إلى زيادة الطلب على فحوصات تشخيصية لمتحورات كوفيد-19 أكثر سرعة ودقة.

حول شركة سيجين.

تأسست الشركة في سيول بكوريا الجنوبية عام 2000 وتمتلك أفرع في الولايات المتحدة وكندا وألمانيا وإيطاليا والمكسيك والبرازيل والشرق الأوسط. شركة سيجين هي شركة أبحاث تشخيصية معملية رائدة في تحويل المفاهيم والتصورات إلى منتجات عبر أنشطتها الرائدة في البحث والتطوير. تمتلك سيجين تقنياتها الأصلية الحاصلة على براءة اختراع بما في ذلك DPO الخاص ببلمرة العديد من الأهداف في أنبوب واحد ؛ و™TOCE ، الخاصة باكتشاف العديد من الأهداف في قناة واحدة، و™MuDT ، وهي أول تقنية PCR RT- في العالم توفر قيم Ct فردية لأهداف متعددة في قناة واحدة للفحوصات الكمية.؛ وتكنولوجيا mTOCE  للكشف عن الطفرات المتعددة. باستخدام تقنيات التشخيص الجزيئي المتطورة (MDx) المطبقة على عدة التشخيص والأدوات الأخرى، عززت سيجين من حساسية وخصوصية تفاعل البوليميراز المتسلسل PCR الى مستويات غير مسبوقة، مما يوفر منتجات PCR تتستهدف وتكتشف العديد من جينات مسببات الأمراض في وقت واحد، مما يوفرفي وقت الاختبار والتكلفة. وتستمر سيجين في وضع مقاييس جديدة لـMDx لتوفير ابتكارات جديدة وفعالة التكاليف.

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Bombardier Holds Week-long Virtual Event for Overseas Audience

MONTRÉAL, May 10, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bombardier is pleased to host its second virtual event from Monday, May 10, to Friday, May 14. The business jet maker is offering online visits of its industry-leading aircraft and showcasing its customer service offerings via a series of webinars.

Geared toward customers in the Middle East and Europe, Bombardier is hosting online visits aboard the Challenger 350 aircraft, the Challenger 650 aircraft, the Global 5500 aircraft, the Global 6500 aircraft and the industry flagship Global 7500 aircraft. The company’s successful first virtual event, in October, was focused on a North American audience.

Bombardier is also inviting members of the public to a virtual visit of a different aircraft on each day of the show – details on how to participate will be shared on the company’s Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn accounts.

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The Corporation supports a worldwide fleet of approximately 4,900 aircraft in service with a wide variety of multinational corporations, charter and fractional ownership providers, governments and private individuals.

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China sets eyes on advanced chip production

BEIJING, May 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — A news report by China.org.cn on China sets eyes on advanced chip production.

China’s semiconductor industry is speeding up its development of advanced chips as the homegrown 28 nanometer (nm) process is set to enter mass production this year, while the 14 nm process aims to follow suit next year, according to multiple sources.

In the industry, 28 nm is the dividing line between low-to-mid range and mid-to-high end integrated circuit (IC) manufacturing.

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Besides chips for central processing units, graphics processing units and artificial intelligence, other mainstream industrial products such as televisions, air conditioners, automobiles, high-speed trains, satellites, industrial robots, elevators and drones are the most common applications for the 28 nm technology process.

“China urgently needs to move toward mid-to-high end chip production, and being able to produce 28 nm chips means that it can meet most of the demand for chips without relying on other countries,” said Teng Ran, head of the Integrated Circuit Industry Research Center of CCID Consulting, a firm affiliated with a think tank under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT).

According to Teng, as the 14 nm chipmaking process matures next year, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) will join the ranks of Intel, TSMC and Samsung as the first Chinese company to acquire the 14 nm technology and put it into mass production.

Teng said that SMIC’s 14 nm process will be applied in the areas of 5G technology and high-performance computing, and can largely meet the demand.

China’s breakthrough in advanced chipmaking comes at a time when SMIC and other Chinese tech companies are facing major trade restrictions enforced by the United States.

Last year, progress in Chinese chip manufacturing technologies exceeded expectations domestically with breakthroughs in millimeter waves for 5G and the successful tape-out of SMIC’s FinFET N+1 process chip.

China’s IC industry is transforming from high-speed development to high-quality development, Teng said.

According to estimates from the Chinese semiconductor industry, China’s IC sales reached 884.8 billion yuan in 2020, representing an average annual growth rate of 20%, and three times the growth rate of the global IC industry during the same period, said Tian Yulong, chief engineer and spokesperson of the MIIT, at a press conference on March 1.

The IC industry in China achieved impressive and consistent growth during the 13th Five-Year Plan period (2016-2020), with significant improvements to manufacturing techniques, packaging technologies and key equipment materials, said Tian.

“Companies also grew steadily, a number of which emerged as global leaders in design, manufacturing, packaging and testing, and other links on the industrial chain,” Tian added.

While having made progress on multiple fronts, Teng admitted that China is still playing catch-up when it comes to more advanced chip development. He called for more international collaboration as the IC industry is truly a global industry and no country should be isolated from the industry chain.

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Al-Burhan, MBZ discuss Sudan-Ethiopia border dispute, GERD talks

(KHARTOUM) – Abdel Fattah al-Burhan Chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed discussed the Emirati initiatives on the border dispute between Sudan and Ethiopia and the stalled Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

Al-Burhan arrived in Abu Dhabi on Sunday accompanied by the Sudanese Cabinet Minister Khaled Omer Youssef.

He and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince held a meeting to discuss the two issues after his arrival to the United Arab Emirates.

In a statement released after the meeting, the Sovereign Council said the meeting dealt with developments on the eastern borders of Sudan with Ethiopia and the GERD issue.

“Al-Burhan stressed the need to continue negotiations to reach commitments regarding filling and operation issues,” further said the statement.

The UAE had last March put forward an initiative to address the Sudanese-Ethiopian border crisis and proposed to establish Emiratis funded agriculture schemes in the Al-Fashaga area using Ethiopian manpower.

On the GERD, the UAE proposed a road map providing to sign a Declaration on Future Comprehensive Agreement on the Blue Nile which is not part of the 2015 declaration of principle and to start talks from the scratch.

The Sudanese government had already made a detailed response to the UAS proposal on the GERD.

Al-Burhan’s visit mainly focused on the border standoff with Ethiopia.

Sudanese officials told Asharq newspaper that Sudan stressed the border markers must be posed first before any agreement with Ethiopia brokered by the UAE to settle this dispute.

Sudan stressed that the border markers should be based on placing border markers between Sudan and Ethiopia based on international agreements of 1902, border demarcation in 1903, exchanged notes of 1972, and joint border field surveys signed in 2010, stressed the Emirati newspaper

Sudan further stressed deploying its forces on the border after placing border markers on the Al-Fashaga border area.

On the GERD, Sudan rejected the proposed Declaration on Future Comprehensive Agreement on the Blue Nile. A proposal that means including the Ethiopian demand for a water-sharing agreement as part of the agreement on the GERD filling and operation.

“The problem with this proposal is that it introduces an issue that is not included in the 2015 Declaration of the Principles and has not been part of the negotiations,” reads the Sudanese response to the UAE initiative seen by the Sudan Tribune.

The Sudanese government also stressed the need to link the UAE initiative with the African Union efforts to settle the conflict and the other international initiatives in this respect.

The Congolese president who chairs the African Union wrapped up his visit to Khartoum and flew to Cairo for talks with the Egyptian officials on a new proposal he elaborated on the GERD talks.

Following a meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, the Egyptian foreign ministry issued a statement saying that his country “will not accept compromising its water security” and called for a legally binding agreement that preserves Egypt’s water rights.

 

Source: Sudan Tribune

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S. Sudan’s President dissolves Parliament, Council of States

(JUBA) – South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dissolved the country’s parliament as part of the September 2018 peace agreement.

Kiir’s decision was announced on the state-owned television on Saturday.

The new Parliament will, in accordance with the 2018 peace deal, have up to 550 lawmakers, the majority of them from the governing party (SPLM). On the other hand, 100 members will form the Council of States, up from 50.

The lawmakers will, however, not be elected, but nominated by the different parties.

The president made no mention of when the new assembly will be formed.

CEPO, a civil society entity, welcomed the dissolution of the national parliament, saying the decision was long overdue.

“The reconstitution of the parliament should be done urgently. The trends of delaying the reconstitution should be avoided. The absence of parliament has contributed to the below-expectation implementation of the revitalized peace agreement,” Edmund Yakani, CEPO’s executive director said Monday.

South Sudan formed a coalition government in February 2020, but the country’s rival factions are yet to implement a peace deal that ended a civil war.

 

Source: Sudan Tribune

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Delay to join SWIFT prevents Sudanese banks from making international transfers

(KHARTOUM) – The reason for Sudanese failure to make or receive international banking transfers up to now that the east African country has not yet joined the SWIFT messaging network.

Sudan has been removed from the U.S. list of countries sponsoring terrorism in December 2020, but up to now the Sudanese banks cannot receive or send financial transfers.

The failure has affected the government ability to fight the black market as only some Gulf countries took specific measures to allow their banks to transfer money to Sudan with huge difficulties.

Speaking to Sudan Tribune on Sunday, a Sudanese banking official said that his country is working on to joint SWIFT network which provides Bank or Business Identifier Codes (BICs) known as “SWIFT codes”.

The International Bank Account Number (IBAN) and the (BIC) form the client account number that enables him to process international payments automatically, making them faster, safer and cheaper.

The central bank official who requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the media further said that the Bank of Sudan is working to create the swift codes for Sudanese banks to allow them to perform international transfers.

Also, local banks are currently working on preparing the IBAN number, which is associated with the BIC to use the SWIFT messaging network, he added.

Some Sudanese banks have already finalized this step waiting for the approval of the Central bank of Sudan to sue the SWIFT network.

Meanwhile, banking sources told the Sudan Tribune that remittances from the Gulf and Saudi Arabia declined due to an increase in the exchange rate in the parallel market.

 

Source: Sudan Tribune