Asir Health Affairs General Directorate has announced that the lately-operated Biomolecular Screening Specialized Laboratory at Asir Regional Laboratory tested over 270,000 samples of the novel Coronavirus in Asir, Bisha, Najran, Jazan and Al-Qunfudhah. It has been noted that over 1,400 blood units were collected via 26 blood donation campaigns.
Within the same framework, the Directorate has added that blood chemistry analyzers were provided for primary health care centers (37 devices) and for hospitals and the Regional Laboratory (20 fully automatic devices). In addition, hormonal and serological testing devices, as well as 60 hematology analyzers have been supplied. Moreover, devices of bacteria detection, blood culture, chemical and immunological staining, in addition to immunoassay and hemoglobin testing have been secured.