KUALA LUMPUR: mTouche Technology Bhd will market and distribute medical equipment for Malaysia and Southeast Asian markets.
mTouche said its wholly-owned mTouche International Sdn Bhd, had signed a supply agreement with Network Global Solutions Pty Ltd on the venture.
‘Both parties will collaborate to promote, market and distribute Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) RT-PCR detection and diagnostic kit and Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) IgM/IgG rapid test kit, and other equivalent products in this region,” mTouche said in a statement today.
It said the data from World Health Organisation showed that the Covid-19 pandemic had hit more than 200 countries, with more than 1.86 million confirmed cases and 114,000 deaths.
“While Malaysia is still fighting the Covid-19 virus spread through strict Movement Control Order (MCO) imposed since March 18 2020, neighbouring countries, like Indonesia and the Philippines are currently scrambling to contain the spread of the virus,” it added.
Tang Boon Koon, executive director of mTouche said the world was experiencing a scarcity of medical equipment such as test kits, ventilators and protective gears.
“This is a very meaningful journey for mTouche as we care for humanities and we are very moved and want to participate in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic with our 18 years network in South East Asia market.”
Tang added that mTouche now provides mobile value-added services and digital media marketing to more than 40 mobile network operators, who are reaching out to more than 640 million subscribers through their operations in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Singapore, Cambodia and Hong Kong.”
“We are expediting samples of the Covid-19 test kits to Medical Device Authority (MDA) for approval and licensing of our products,” he said.
MDA is under the purview of Ministry of Health.
Darren Whittaker, managing director of NGS said: "We believe this collaboration with mTouche is a perfect match for our strategic direction and we are excited by the potential of this partnership.”
He added that the companies were focusing all their resources in bringing the much needed test kits, masks and other critical supplies to the frontlines as soon as possible.