The Head of the Takoradi Veterinary Lab, Dr Theo Odoom has announced in a press briefing today that the facility is now ready to test 300 COVID-19 samples per day and it will later increase its capacity to 1000.
The much anticipated Bio-Safety Level 2 and 3 laboratory, have received the full compliment of logistics after some minor repair works were completed last week.
In a press briefing, Dr. Theo Odoom said that the facility is ready to begin testing of 300 samples of suspected infected persons each day starting from today.
“Currently, we going to start testing about 300 samples, and with time we will increase the number. We don’t want to promise big things but with 300 it is within our capacity there we are going to start.
As I speak, we are ready to start testing today. The staff have been trained already, all the logistics have been provided by Noguchi. Prof. Amporful, led this initiative to makes sure that the initiative is working today” he noted.
The project was inspected by the Western Regional Minister, Kobby Okyere Darko.
The lab was funded by the Canadian government, and was built to enhance laboratory work of the Veterinary Services.
In support of their operation, the Western Region House of Chiefs this morning made a cheque donation of GHC 40,000.00 to management of the facility.
The operationalisation of the lab is expected to bring some relief to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Accra, as samples will no longer be sent there. In a more probable event, it can receive and run test on samples taken from other parts of the region, including the Western North and Central Regions, and there by enhancing the testing of COVID 19 in the country.
Kwame Offei
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