Russia has supplied North Korea with Ebola test kits at Pyongyang’s request, according to a Moscow-based government agency, as the two countries expand their cooperation in health care and various other fields.

Test kits for the Bundibugyo variant of the Ebola virus had already been delivered to the DPRK, according to a June 19 press release from Rospotrebnadzor, Russia’s consumer health watchdog. The agency did not specify the quantity or date of the shipment.

The Russian-developed kits were quickly created in response to the threat of a new outbreak in Africa. Russia has so far provided more than 7,000 tests