Test tube with Corona virus name label seen in this illustration taken on Jan 29, 2020. - Agencies
WUHAN (China Daily/ANN): A new lab for testing the novel coronavirus that has been causing an increasing number of deaths in Wuhan was put into use on Wednesday (Feb 5), within seven days of construction, and is expected to greatly facilitate diagnoses of the disease.
The lab, named Fire Eye, has a floor area of nearly 2,000sq m and is capable of handling 10,000 samples a day, according to BGI, a leading Chinese company in life science.
