As Da Nang grapples with a new wave of COVID-19 cases, lab technicians at the Da Nang Center for Disease Control (CDC) are working to extremes to meet the increased testing demand. The demand for COVID-19 testing in Da Nang has risen to thousands of new inquiries per day accompanied by test samples arriving at local test labs. The workload that the lab technicians have been given has turned out to be as intense as their colleagues who work directly with patients battling against COVID-19. As of August 8, the medical department of Da Nang City reported a total of 40,451 clinical samples having been collected since July 25, when the central tourist city recorded Vietnam’s first local transmission of COVID-19 after 99 days. Since then, 405 cases traced to Da Nang, the country’s outbreak epicenter, have been documented nationwide. Sleepless nights Pulled out of bed by an emergency call on the morning of August 3, Dr. Le Thanh Chung, deputy director of Da Nang … [Read more...] about Race against clock at Da Nang COVID-19 test lab
