A two-day webinar was held on 24-25 May. Nearly 100 delegates from Canada; Chile; China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan, Malaysia; Mexico; the Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; the United States and other APEC/SCSC member economies participated in the webinar.

A pre-webinar questionnaire has to investigate the information on the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in APEC Economies from 9 February to 19 March 2023. A Key Finding Report has summarized and analyzed the questionnaires from each economy and obtained various results.

The project overseer shared the findings of the questionnaires at the webinar. Four standard development leaders and key drafters from China; Germany; and the United States delivered keynote speeches on the content and applications of ISO/TS 5798: 2022. Eight experts from well-known institutions and enterprises in China; Japan; and Singapore presented the latest progress in nucleic acid detection research for the SARS-CoV-2.