Wednesday, February 12, as part of the preparation of its response plan to a possible introduction of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Haiti, the Ministry of Public Health through the National Laboratory of Public Health (LNSP) received from Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization (PAHO/WHO), materials and inputs to enable him to confirm the diagnosis of COVID-19.

A mission of the PAHO health emergency team from Washington, DC provided the LNSP with reagents for molecular tests for COVID-19 including primers, probes and positive controls and facilitated the training of ten medical technicians from the laboratory on the conduct of screening and confirmation tests for COVID-19.

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https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-30010-haiti-flash-coronavirus-the-number-of-infected-and-deaths-explodes-in-24-hours.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29955-haiti-health-surveillance-measures-are-deployed-in-the-country-s-ports-and-airports.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29950-haiti-flash-the-ministry-asks-the-hospitals-of-the-country-to-prepare-for-the-coronavirus.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-29947-icihaiti-dr-towards-the-establishment-of-a-sanitary-cordon-at-the-border.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29926-haiti-news-zapping.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29923-haiti-coronavirus-emergency-meeting-of-caribbean-health-ministers.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29919-haiti-flash-chinese-banned-to-go-out-of-a-plane-to-port-au-prince.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29879-haiti-health-chinese-coronavirus-the-ministry-of-health-is-reassuring.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-29858-haiti-flash-chinese-coronavirus-haiti-is-preparing-and-activating-its-alert-system.html

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