SEOUL -- President Moon Jae-in was upbeat in March when he visited Seegene's headquarters in Seoul. He applauded the drugmaker's researchers and employees for developing and producing the coronavirus test kits that had helped the country swiftly contain the COVID-19 outbreak.
"You are at the front line of fighting the virus... We were able to make achievements in controlling the epidemic because you took the first action by developing test kits quickly," Moon said.