A sub regional training on the use of Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) technique for diagnosis and detection of novel coronavirus was held from 24 to 25 of June 2013. The training aimed at strengthening national capacity for novel coronavirus diagnosis, surveillance, preparedness and response and improving quality of laboratory based surveillance. The training focused on the following items:
- Novel coronavirus diagnosis using molecular methods
- Molecular diagnostic laboratory design and good laboratory practice
- Troubleshooting of novel coronavirus RT- PCR testing and interpretation of the results.
Training participants included members from Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Qatar, Sudan and United Arab Emirates, Afghanistan, Iran, Morocco, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Syria and Tunisia.
Related links
Interim recommendations for laboratory testing of novel coronavirus (pdf 188kb)
