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2020.06.24 16:02 GMT+8

Beijing's first air-inflated COVID-19 testing lab goes into operation

Updated 2020.06.24 16:02 GMT+8

Built in two days, Beijing's first "Huo-Yan" Fire Eye laboratory for conducting COVID-19 tests went into trial operation on June 23. /VCG

The temporary laboratory is built inside a sports center in Daxing District, Beijing, where a new cluster of infections recently broke out. /VCG

With nine air-inflated film chambers, the laboratory accommodates a total of 14 automated COVID-19 testing machines and can cope with 30,000 nucleic acid test samples per day. /VCG

With another Fire Eye lab being built in Xicheng District, the city's testing capacity will be greatly increased. /VCG

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