Earlier in the day, Yang Honghui, a member of the Chinese expert team and the technical director of Daan Gene Co., Ltd. of Sun Yat-sen University, gave guidance in the new PCR lab and went to the CPHL to check the technical problem.

Ghada Ghalib Falih, director of CPHL, told Xinhua last Thursday that the central lab has been operating to test COVID-19 under mounting pressure for dozens of days.

According to her, the number of testing conducted has gradually increased from around 20 to more than 400 suspected samples per day.

"You can imagine what is happening," Ghada said. "All the experts, staff and machines are working; at night I have to say 'stop' otherwise the machine will be on fire."

Ahead of the establishment of the new Chinese-built lab, CPHL is the only lab in Iraq that has the PCR ability to test and confirm COVID-19 cases, which is currently relying on diagnostic kits donated by the World Health Organization.

However, the central lab faces shortages of testing kits. Ghada expects to use the diagnostic kits soon brought by the Chinese team of experts.

Iraqi health experts hail the new Chinese-built lab is meant to be instrumental in increasing Iraq's ability to test larger number of suspected cases of COVID-19, and is planned to dramatically reduce the pressure on the central lab.

Iraqi Health Ministry on Monday confirmed 83 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections to 630. The death toll rose to 46.

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