国际英语资讯:Feature: New Chinese-built PCR lab relieves COVID-19 testing pressure in Iraq
<p><span word="BAGHDAD">BAGHDAD</span>, <span word="March">March</span> 30-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="PCR">PCR</span> (<span word="polymerase">polymerase</span> <span word="chain">chain</span> <span word="reaction">reaction</span>) <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="built">built</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Chinese">Chinese</span> <span word="team">team</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="experts">experts</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Iraqi">Iraqi</span> <span word="capital">capital</span> <span word="Baghdad">Baghdad</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="completed">completed</span> <span word="around">around</span> 720 <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span>, <span word="relieving">relieving</span> <span word="pressure">pressure</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Iraq">Iraq</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="Central">Central</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Laboratory">Laboratory</span> (<span word="CPHL">CPHL</span>) <span word="to">to</span> <span word="identify">identify</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="technical">technical</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="occurred">occurred</span>.</p><p><span word="On">On</span> <span word="March">March</span> 25, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="PCR">PCR</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="inaugurated">inaugurated</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="downtown">downtown</span> <span word="Baghdad">Baghdad</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="aim">aim</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="increasing">increasing</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="urgently">urgently</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="nucleic">nucleic</span> <span word="acid">acid</span> <span word="detection">detection</span> <span word="capacity">capacity</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="contain">contain</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="war">war</span>-<span word="torn">torn</span> <span word="country">country</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="technical">technical</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="yesterday">yesterday</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="lab">lab</span>," <span word="Mohammed">Mohammed</span> <span word="Ghanim">Ghanim</span> <span word="Mahdi">Mahdi</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="charge">charge</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="director">director</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="National">National</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Teaching">Teaching</span> <span word="Laboratories">Laboratories</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="City">City</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="Xinhua">Xinhua</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Monday">Monday</span>.</p><p><span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="CPHL">CPHL</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="technical">technical</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Sunday">Sunday</span> <span word="evening">evening</span> <span word="prompted">prompted</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="PCR">PCR</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="technicians">technicians</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="continue">continue</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="work">work</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="supposed">supposed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="at">at</span> 8 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>., <span word="but">but</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="forced">forced</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="resume">resume</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="from">from</span> 10 <span word="p">p</span>.<span word="m">m</span>.</p><p>"<span word="We">We</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="compensate">compensate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="delay">delay</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="cases">cases</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="central">central</span> <span word="lab">lab</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="received">received</span> 560 <span word="samples">samples</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="CPHL">CPHL</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="test">test</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="to">to</span> 160 <span word="others">others</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="PCR">PCR</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="received">received</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Medical">Medical</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Rusafa">Rusafa</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="department">department</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="tested">tested</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="day">day</span>," <span word="Mahdi">Mahdi</span> <span word="said">said</span>, <span word="who">who</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="worked">worked</span> <span word="overnight">overnight</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="technicians">technicians</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lab">lab</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="slept">slept</span> <span word="for">for</span> 24 <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p><span word="Mahdi">Mahdi</span> <span word="said">said</span> "<span word="imagine">imagine</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="technical">technical</span> <span word="problem">problem</span> <span word="happens">happens</span> <span word="without">without</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="existing">existing</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="lab">lab</span>, <span word="it">it</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disaster">disaster</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="results">results</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="more">more</span>."</p>
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