日韩精品久久一区二区三区_亚洲色图p_亚洲综合在线最大成人_国产中出在线观看_日韩免费_亚洲综合在线一区

Global EditionASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
World
Home / World / Middle East

Chinese-built lab eases strain in Iraq's virus battle

China Daily | Updated: 2020-08-11 09:19
Share
Share - WeChat
A medical worker performs COVID-19 testing at the Chinese-built laboratory in Baghdad on July 29. XINHUA

BAGHDAD-Iraqi lab staff are busy each day shuffling piles of swab samples that await COVID-19 testing in a Chinese-built facility that has transformed the way they do their vital work.

From boosting testing capacities to setting a high standard of testing protocols, the laboratory has played a critical role in helping the Iraqi Ministry of Health battle the disease since its inauguration in Baghdad's Medical City on March 25, lab director Mohammed Ghanim Mahdi said.

"The lab was equipped and established by a donation from the Chinese government at a critical time," Mahdi said. "When this lab was established, Iraq had only one working lab fighting COVID-19."

Mahdi said the lab has facilitated the Iraqi campaign against the coronavirus, especially in the first few weeks of the outbreak in Iraq.

Before the Chinese-built lab went into operation, the Central Public Health Laboratory in Baghdad was the only place to conduct COVID-19 testing, but it struggled to keep up with the volume of test samples from across the war-torn country.

With the help of advanced Chinese equipment and 50,000 diagnostics kits, the new lab has so far tested some 28,000 samples. About 20 percent of them have come back positive, Mahdi said.

"Two or three weeks after beginning testing in the new lab, the health ministry initiated plans to add labs. Since that time more and more labs have been brought into service," Mahdi said.

However, concerns have been raised that Iraq is emerging as the new epicenter of COVID-19 in the Middle East. The number of infections has risen to 150,115 after 2,726 new cases were reported as of Sunday.

The country reported 82 more deaths, raising the death toll from the virus to 5,392.

The rise in cases has been blamed on the easing of lockdown regulations by authorities and people's noncompliance with prevention measures. That's resulted in the epidemic flaring up in a number of communities.

"We still need to increase testing abilities," Mahdi said. "The testing rate needs to be at least 5 or 10 percent of our 40 million population in order to detect more and more cases."

Technical training

Besides building the lab, a group of Chinese experts brought technical training and testing protocols to the facility.

The Chinese-built lab is setting a good example as Iraq expands its lab network to all provinces, Mahdi said. In the new lab, 82 percent of the samples come back with results in 6 to 10 hours.

"The Chinese experts are very supportive and helpful," Mahdi said. "When they were here, they gave us all the technical training we need. They are also sending me all the documents. This can be a treasure for us."

"They are showing us the way to establish a good lab," Mahdi said, noting that an important feature of the lab is its ability to receive samples around the clock all week. Thirty lab workers are divided into three shifts, enabling the lab to complete 700 to 1,000 tests a day.

Mahdi, who holds a PhD in molecular biology, led lab procedures through the country's darkest moments in the pandemic. He and his team had to contend with shortages of testing kits and all-night shifts while being swamped with samples.

Seven workers at the lab have been infected with COVID-19, Mahdi said, "but fortunately they all returned to work after recovery".

Zina Anwar Mohammed, a medic at the lab, said that she was infected on May 28. Her parents later died from severe symptoms of COVID-19.

"I decided to return to my work three days after my father's death. I want to work diligently and help others, so they will not experience a tragedy like mine," said Mohammed.

Xinhua

Most Viewed in 24 Hours
Top
BACK TO THE TOP
English
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 欧美aaa级片 | 日韩欧美专区 | 成年视频网站免费观看 | 久久新视频 | 毛片免费观看 | 成人嘿嘿视频网站在线 | 午夜在线| 成人欧美一区二区三区在线播放 | 国产成人一区二区 | 亚洲欧洲精品一区二区 | 亚洲黑人在线观看 | 成人免费黄色 | 伊人成人在线观看 | 婷婷六月天激情 | 亚洲精品自产拍在线观看app | 成人网址大全 | 狠狠狠狠狠狠狠狠狠狠 | 亚洲美女在线播放 | 日韩欧美视频在线 | 成人午夜在线视频 | 无码人妻精品1国产婷婷 | 国产区在线 | 国产一区二区在线免费观看 | 91成人精品 | 波多野中文字幕s | 男女真实无遮挡xx00动态图120秒 | 日韩精品视频一区二区三区 | 搞黄视频在线观看 | 热99在线视频 | 人人插人人草 | 亚洲 欧美 综合 | 91精品最新国内在线播放 | 五月婷婷综合在线视频 | 久久亚洲国产欧洲精品一 | 亚洲国产精品视频 | 日本a视频| 日韩在线观看你懂的 | 又黄又爽免费无遮挡在线观看 | 污视频免费在线观看 | 婷婷五 在线播放 | 精品一区二区三区在线观看视频 |