About 2 million tests for coronavirus were carried out in the laboratories of the NCE in Kazakhstan
Около 2 млн исследований на коронавирус провели в лабораториях НЦЭ в Казахстане 23.02.2021

From February to December 2020, 1.9 million tests for coronavirus infection were carried out across the republic in the laboratories of the National Center for Expertise of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Of these, more than 66,000 samples were positive. On average, more than 5 thousand studies were carried out in the NCE laboratories per day.

Testing was carried out in 16 branches. Seven days a week, 24 hours a day, 485 specialists from the republic were involved in the study of tests for COVID-19.

Disinfection services also did a great job during the last year’s pandemic, which also carried out disinfection without days off, and in the event of an emergency and around the clock in the centers of infectious diseases.

Disinfection work was carried out in residential and office premises, aircraft cabins, buses carrying air passengers to quarantine and pharmacist centers, as well as passengers' luggage.

In addition, hospitals and centers were processed after the discharge of recovered patients and contact people.

For 10 months of last year, 592 specialists of disinfection departments treated about 40,000 outbreaks.

To date, NCE specialists continue to conduct research on COVID - 19 and process foci.

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