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Agency’s chairman: 5,000 coronavirus samples can be taken daily

06 May 2020 17:24 (UTC +04:00)

“As a result of the announcement of quarantine in Azerbaijan, the spread of the coronavirus infection was taken under control. This is a problem not only of Azerbaijan but of the whole world,” said Zaur Aliyev, Chairman of the State Agency on Mandatory Health Insurance at a press conference held by Task Force under Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Azerbaijan, APA reports.

He noted that more than 3 million 5 thousand people worldwide are found to be infected with the virus: “To detect infection, there are points for taking tests. They are fully automated. In the early days, we could take 200-300 samples. Now it is possible to take 5000 samples.”