The construction of a nucleic acid testing base in Changshan county, Quzhou, East China's Zhejiang province has been completed and its equipment is now being debugged, according to the local media reports.

This month, COVID-19 cases have been found in neighboring counties (cities and districts), posing a major challenge to the pandemic prevention and control work in Changshan. To meet the county's increasing demand for nucleic acid testing, this testing base was constructed in 18 days.

Testing units are installed and placed in the laboratory in the nucleic acid testing base in Changshan county, Quzhou. [Photo/qz828.com]

Spanning 2,000 square meters, the nucleic acid testing base received 6.6 million yuan ($1.03 million) in investment and is equipped with PCR (polymerase chain reaction) detection equipment. The facility can process 100,000 tubes per day.

The nucleic acid testing base consists of a reagent preparation area, a sample preparation area, a disinfection room and a sample collection room.