Chinese medical peacekeepers to DRC undertake UN task of COVID-19 test
2020-12-24 17:51
By Lyu Qiang and Peng Yi
JOHANNESBURG, December 24 The COVID-19 Nucleic Acid Testing Lab in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), was officially handed over to the Chinese peacekeeping medical contingent to the DRC for use and management on December 22, local time.
Being one of the 18 COVID-19 nucleic acid testing labs deployed to the UN peacekeeping operations worldwide, the lab is located at the isolation center of Civil Affairs of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO), adjacent to the Chinese second-class hospital in Bukavu.