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There are many people who use corona self-test kits, but it has been confirmed that products that have not been approved by the health authorities are being sold in online shopping malls.



Reporter Han Seong-hee covered the story.



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Eun-jung Han bought 20 self-test kits at an online shopping mall in March.



A few days ago, while watching her daughter test on her own, she noticed a floating object inside a reagent vessel.



[Eun-Jung Han / Buyer of the online diagnostic kit: Looking at it like this, there was something on the cotton swab. When I looked at the reagents, all the remaining 15 reagent bottles had black stuff on the bottom.]



The expiration date is 4 months left, please contact the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety. When I inquired, it was a product made in China that was not officially licensed in Korea.



[Han Eun-jung / Buyer of an online diagnostic kit: I was surprised that an unauthorized product came into my hands.

I never thought of it.]



So far, only 12 products have been approved by the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety through clinical performance tests.



It is a mixture of unlicensed products among self-test kits that can be easily searched for and purchased at online shopping malls.



The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety discovered 691 cases of unauthorized diagnostic kits sold online between February and April.



It was an intensive crackdown period, and nothing was caught after that.



Since there are only two enforcement personnel and they are in charge of all medical devices other than diagnostic kits, it is not easy to crack down on them all the time.



[Shin Hyun-young / Rep. of the Democratic Party: It seems that the government is not responding properly to the situation in which unauthorized rapid antigen kits are still being sold online and are being polarized.]



If you purchase a self-test kit online, you must Before purchasing, you must check whether the product is approved on the website of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety.



(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Yang Doo-won, video editing: Hwang Ji-young)