Durban - The National Health Laboratory Service has deployed six additional mobile laboratories to collect samples for coronavirus testing. This is in addition to its six testing sites which are currently functional.
“The NHLS is pursuing various sources of supplies to obtain polymerase chain reaction -based test kits and has a commitment from suppliers that South Africa will be a priority,” she said. "In addition, the NHLS has 18 state-of-the-art Cobas 6800 and 8800 machines that will dramatically improve the volumes that can be done as well as the turnaround time. The NHLS also has over 180 GeneXpert analysers which are available in all provinces for testing by April. The test kit for the GeneXpert was approved by the FDA last week, and the company has started production," she said.
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