New biosafety labs announced in China amid lab-leak theory of coronavirus
Coronavirus crisis: China's Center for Disease Control and Prevention and other provincial level institutions have been asked to step up their testing abilities and rapidly respond to a sudden outbreak
- May 22, 2020,
- Updated May 22, 2020 5:03 PM IST
As the world grapples with the coronavirus health crisis, China is planning to ramp up its public health infrastructure. The plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission and two other bodies, involves setting up of different biosafety laboratories.
China plans to ramp up testing and response in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that made its way out of Wuhan. It must be pointed out a sizeable section globally, including US President Donald Trump actually believe that the virus was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is a P4-level biosafety laboratory. As the disease infects 5,212,172 globally, killing 334,915, China is planning to ramp up its storing capacities as well as set up new ones. It might appear to be a measure taken a bit too late as the pandemic continues to debilitate economies, destroy livelihoods and kill people.
Now, according to the new plan, each provincial-level region would have at least one P3-level biosafety laboratory and each city-level area would have at least one P2-level facility, as mentioned in China Daily. These would be capable of testing pathogens of contagious diseases. Biosafety laboratories are a four-tier system, the fourth level being the highest.
As the world grapples with the coronavirus health crisis, China is planning to ramp up its public health infrastructure. The plan released by the National Development and Reform Commission and two other bodies, involves setting up of different biosafety laboratories.
China plans to ramp up testing and response in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that made its way out of Wuhan. It must be pointed out a sizeable section globally, including US President Donald Trump actually believe that the virus was leaked from the Wuhan Institute of Virology, which is a P4-level biosafety laboratory. As the disease infects 5,212,172 globally, killing 334,915, China is planning to ramp up its storing capacities as well as set up new ones. It might appear to be a measure taken a bit too late as the pandemic continues to debilitate economies, destroy livelihoods and kill people.
Now, according to the new plan, each provincial-level region would have at least one P3-level biosafety laboratory and each city-level area would have at least one P2-level facility, as mentioned in China Daily. These would be capable of testing pathogens of contagious diseases. Biosafety laboratories are a four-tier system, the fourth level being the highest.