The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in partnership with FAO, has been developing and transferring diagnostic tests for transboundary animal and zoonotic diseases for many years. With the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, they have supported over 120 members (countries) so far in their efforts to diagnose and control COVID-19, providing them with equipment, diagnostic kits, primers and personal protective equipment to establish and use molecular techniques to rapidly detect SARS-CoV-2. This story is reported in the July 2020 newsletter from the Animal Production and Health Section of the Joint FAO/IAEA Division of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture. The 36-page newsletter, issued twice a year, gives an overview of past and upcoming training courses, meetings, projects, news stories and publications. See https://www.iaea.org/publications/search/type/animal-production-and-health-newsletter or contact [email protected] for more information.