webfact Posted July 21, 2020 Share Posted July 21, 2020 COVID-19 testing at Suvarnabhumi airport upgraded to increase efficiency Thailand’s Disease Control Department (DCD) has upgraded its COVID-19 testing facility at Suvarnabhumi international airport, which is now capable of producing test results within 70 minutes. The DCD’s Director-General, Dr. Suwanchai Wattanayingcharoenchai, said today (Tuesday) that the Point of Care RT-PCR laboratory, which was put into service on July 1st to conduct tests on foreign arrivals, such as diplomats, official guests, businessmen on short-term visits and those suspected to be infected, is capable testing 170 people a day. By July 16th, 46 arrivals had been tested, including the daughter of a Sudanese diplomat, who returned a positive result for COVID-19. Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/covid-19-testing-at-suvarnabhumi-airport-upgraded-to-increase-efficiency/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2020-07-22 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thedemon Posted July 21, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted July 21, 2020 "Upgraded" to 170 per day? Doesn't sound like they are planning for any kind of surge in arrivals. 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 7 hours ago, webfact said: is capable testing 170 people a day. That's after the upgrade? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3NUMBAS Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 can they get the new mutations that spread very stealthily ? and cant be seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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