A new molecular biology laboratory, which will enable the timely detection of COVID-19 in Eastern Lima, was inaugurated on Friday by
Health Minister Pilar Mazzetti, who stressed that this service will contribute to the precision of diagnoses for the control of the pandemic in this jurisdiction.
"The most important thing at this time is that we rely on plenty of precision in the diagnoses (…) the presence of a molecular biology laboratory here is not only for now, it is forever," she expressed.
"Now, we see the great advantage is that we have antigen tests, and here we have the tremendous capacity to do the swabbing and train
primary care staff," she indicated.
"The current figures show a highly marked upward slope and we must all be aware of it, so that we take extreme care measures," she emphasized.
"It is important to know that the time we stay outside is a danger," she said.
The molecular laboratory features a multidisciplinary team made up of two medical technicians, two clinical pathologists, a biologist, and a laboratory technician.
It also relies on two areas, one for receiving samples and the other for extraction of ribonucleic acid (RNA). It plans to process 1,500 samples per month —a number that will be increased progressively.
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Publicado: 29/1/2021