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National 5 years ago

Testing gap across provinces slows down COVID-19 response in Indonesia

The country is now operating 269 laboratories to run polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests.

World 5 years ago

Outbreak quashed, China launches test lab spending spree

China is building hundreds of testing laboratories and stocking up on tests to ramp up screening for the coronavirus, even in healthy people, having all-but stamped out local transmission of the disease. China is looking to make testing universal, available in every corner of the mainland.

National 5 years ago

COVID-19 leaves lab workers grappling with unprecedented testing scale

Hardly ever mentioned alongside other front-line health workers like doctors and nurses, laboratory workers in Indonesia are grappling with an unprecedented scale of testing for the highly contagious coronavirus, as piling samples overwhelm short-handed labs.

World 5 years ago

Wuhan lab denies any link to first coronavirus outbreak

Yuan Zhiming, director of the Wuhan National Biosafety Laboratory, hit back at those promoting theories that the virus had escaped from the facility and caused the outbreak in the central Chinese city.

National 5 years ago

C. Sulawesi awaits COVID-19 RT-PCR test 'kits' from UK

The lab equipment will enable the province to carry out its own COVID-19 tests by cutting the unnecessary lag created by having to send its samples to the Indonesian or South Sulawesi capitals.

National 5 years ago

Carry out proper mass testing with PCR, experts say

Indonesia has carried out rapid testing, resulting in hundreds of possible confirmed cases of COVID-19, but a backlog in further tests to confirm these findings has raised questions about its efficacy.

National 6 years ago

People with COVID-19 symptoms still need to perform full tests: Health Ministry

The Health Ministry has said that people showing COVID-19 symptoms still need to undergo the regular polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to determine their next medical treatment despite having previously taken rapid tests -- which will be provided by the government in upcoming days.

Health 6 years ago

Think you have COVID-19? Here's how to get tested in Indonesia

Now that a number of institutions and laboratories have been authorized to conduct COVID-19 tests, here’s what you can do if you think you are infected.