As of Saturday, almost 1,300 people have been infected across China, the bulk of them in and around Wuhan - AFP

SEOUL, March 17 (MENA) - South Korea has sent 51,000 coronavirus test kits to the UAE. It marked the first shipment of South Korean test kits to a foreign country, Yonhap news agency reported.



The presidential Blue House said in a statement on Tuesday that 51,000 COVID-19 test kits were sent as emergency exports to the Middle East country. A total of 17 countries have made official requests for South Korean test kits.