CCTV News:On June 24th, the State Council Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism held a press conference on nucleic acid detection and public health tips during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday.
At the press conference, Guo Yanhong, inspector of the Medical Administration and Hospital Authority of the National Health and Wellness Commission, introduced that the nucleic acid detection capacity of medical and health institutions nationwide has been greatly improved compared with the beginning of March. In terms of testing institutions, the number has increased from 2,081 in early March to 4,804 now, an increase of 131%. Among them, there are 2120 tertiary hospitals, 1350 secondary hospitals, 916 disease control institutions and 418 independent medical laboratories. In terms of technicians, the total number of technicians engaged in nucleic acid detection has also increased from 13,900 to 28,500, an increase of 104%. In terms of detection capacity, the national nucleic acid detection capacity has increased from 1.26 million people/serving in early March to 3.78 million people/serving at present, an increase of 200%.As of June 22, the cumulative data of nucleic acid detection in medical and health institutions nationwide reached 90.41 million people/copy.. From these data, we can see that China’s nucleic acid detection ability has been greatly improved.