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China Builds Laboratory to Examine Million Cases Daily against Virus


Thu 14 Jan 2021 | 06:23 PM
Ahmed Moamar

The local authorities in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei Province, have implemented the construction of a Huian laboratory to test the DNA of suspected cases of Coronavirus inside the city's tennis court.

The laboratory can provide integrated solutions to detect disease agents.

The China International Television Network published pictures of laboratory work Huhian, and the lab has a maximum daily capacity of DNA testing of 1 million samples.

The Shijiazhuang city authorities built the laboratory in a period of only about 10 hours, and the laboratory units are huge capsules that are inflated, and the area of ​​each capsule in the laboratory exceeds 70 square meters. However, its area decreases to only 4 meters after emptying, while the process of blowing the capsule takes approximately 50 minutes.

Du Yue Tao, head of the Huoyan Laboratory, said that they are doing their work well, with a huge amount of samples arriving at the laboratory daily.

She expressed her hope that the experts will continue to do their best to complete the test task as soon as possible and protect citizens by counting Corona cases.

On the other hand, today, Thursday, experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) arrived in Wuhan (the former epicenter of the outbreak of COVID-19 in China).

The experts aim to conduct an investigation into the source of the novel Coronavirus.

The WHO team, according to China International Television Network (CGTN), underwent throat swabs and antibody tests at the airport upon their arrival; they will also undergo the relevant quarantine measures required under epidemic control measures in China before conducting their fieldwork.

The National Health Commission of China revealed that the visiting team is going to conduct joint scientific cooperation with Chinese scientists on tracking the source of the Coronavirus.

But the Chinese committee did not provide further details about the work program of the organization's team.