China Urges Coronavirus Testing Capacity Ramp-up In Preparation for Potential Outbreaks

By Staff, Agencies

Chinese local governments and medical institutes should ramp up and reserve coronavirus testing capacity in preparation for increased demand amid potential outbreaks, national health authorities said on Thursday.

Local authorities should have emergency response plans to be able to swiftly expand nucleic test capacity, according to the guidelines posted on the National Health Commission’s website.

Nucleic acid test results should be delivered within six hours for patients at fever clinics and within a day for those who volunteer to be tested, the guideline added.