EDMONTON, Alberta, April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Medical Services International Inc. (OTC:MSITF) is pleased to announce that it has completed testing and the test kit is ready for the market on its latest development of the VScan Malaria test kit. There are four types of malaria that are caused by four types of parasites. Historically existing test kits in the marketplace tested exclusively for the most common form of malaria caused by the Plasmodium Falciparium parasite. The newly developed VScan Malaria rapid test kit, tests for all four types of malaria. There are no other rapid test kits currently available that tests for all 4 types of malaria. Due to this concentration on only the one type of malaria the other three types have been able to develop and spread. Malaria is spread by the mosquito. The significance of malaria as a health problem is increasing in many parts of the world. Epidemics are occurring in many parts of the world (Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America) outside areas that are usually associated with Malaria. The main victims are rural populations. Malaria is complex but it is a curable and preventable disease if detected early and given adequate treatment. The new VScan rapid test kit for detecting all types of Malaria will be instrumental in reducing the incidence of malaria in many parts of the world. It is anticipated that based on market studies and current interest in the new malaria test kit that the company will sell in excess of 500,000 malaria test kits this year. About VScan The VScan rapid test kit is a single use, easy to use, test for the screening of HIV 1&2, Hepatitis B&C, Tuberculosis (TB), Dengue Fever, West Nile, Syphilis, and Prostate Cancer. The kits cannot be used in Canada. Medical Services International Inc. trades in the United States on the NQB Pinksheets under the symbol "MSITF". For further information, please contact Robert Talbot at (780) 430 6363 or http://www.medicalservicesintl.com/ or http://www.minerva-biotech.com/ . NOTE: Certain statements in this press release are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Act of 1995. Such statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause results to differ materially. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include but are not limited to new economic conditions, risk in product development, market acceptance of new products and continuing product demand, level of competition and other factors described in Company reports and other filings with regulatory bodies. DATASOURCE: Medical Services International Inc. CONTACT: Robert Talbot of Medical Services International Inc., +1-780-430 6363 Web site: http://www.medicalservicesintl.com/ http://www.minerva-biotech.com/

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