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Laboratory to test for А/Н1N1 flu has been opened in Ternopil
November 23, 2009 at 12:15 | Interfax-UkraineAn opening ceremony for the laboratory took place at Ternopil state medical university on Nov. 20.
According to president of the university Leonid Kovalchuk, a total 140 tests can be carried out in the laboratory per day. Moreover, various types of flu, including А/Н1N1 flu, can be testedthere.
Kovalchuk said that the laboratory equipment was purchasedwith thefunds of the university in connection with the epidemic of acute respiratory disease and flu that occurred in October-November, when it was necessary to determine etiologic agents of diseases and identify А/Н1N1 flu. The cost of the equipment is Hr 650,000.
"The medical university, regional sanitary and epidemiological station and Ternopil city sanitary and epidemiological station have signed a three-party agreement on cooperation. The existence of such a laboratory will enable us to carry out daily monitoring of infections that are registered in the medical establishments of Ternopil and the region," the president of the university said.