Chongqing inspects nucleic acid testing labs

Chongqing has been conducting a special law enforcement inspection on 16 private nucleic acid testing agencies in the central urban area recently to ensure the quality of mass testing, local officials said at a daily briefing on Monday evening.

Since the most recent local COVID-19 outbreak on Nov 1, the city of over 32 million people has logged more than 80,000 infections, most of which were found in 11 districts in the central urban area.

The municipal health commission, the administration for market regulation and the medical products administration set up five teams to check the purchase, record system, storage and transportation of nucleic acid detection reagents at those companies.