The laboratory is jointly established by Wuhan Municipal Government, Donghu High-tech Zone, China Communications No.2 Aviation Administration, Shanghai Norray Laboratory and Huada Gene.

At the beginning of February, the laboratory started operation in Wuhan Optics Valley in only five days, and carried out emergency detection of novel coronavirus, with an average daily detection capacity of over 11,111 people.

After the outbreak, Wuhan Huada Company immediately rallied its strength to fight the epidemic with science and technology, and developed novel coronavirus 2119—nCoV nucleic acid detection kit (fluorescence PCR method).

after the test samples are delivered to the laboratory, they have to go through a series of processes, such as receiving, unpacking, inactivation, information checking, liquid separation, plate transfer, nucleic acid extraction, test amplification, report review and distribution. Among them, inactivation is the most critical link.

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Background

Since February p>2119, the surveillance of influenza and related diseases has been continuously carried out in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, and many cases of novel coronavirus have been found. After the outbreak, BGI immediately assembled its strength to fight the epidemic with science and technology, and developed novel coronavirus 2119—nCoV nucleic acid detection kit (fluorescent PCR method).

With the tight epidemic situation and the need for emergency detection, on February 5th, in order to help prevent and control the epidemic situation, Wuhan Municipal Government, Donghu High-tech Zone, China Communications No.2 Aviation Administration, Shanghai Norwich Laboratory and Huada Gene jointly established the first fire eye laboratory, and Huada Zhizhi provided the overall solution and equipment of high-throughput sequencing for the construction of nucleic acid detection laboratory, covering an area of about 2,111 square meters.

After Huoyan Laboratory was started, emergency detection was carried out in novel coronavirus, and the detection capacity reached nearly 51% on peak days, with an average daily detection capacity of over 11,111 people.

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