Iraqi MOH opened an advanced lab to detect COVID-19 mutated strains

The Ministry of Health and Environment announced on Monday, the inauguration of an advanced laboratory to detect the mutated strains of Coronavirus.

The Director-General of Public Health Department at MOH, Riyadh Abdul-Amir said, that “an advanced laboratory has been inaugurated to analyze the genetic sequences of viruses, noting that the importance of the laboratory will lie in diagnosing mutated strains of the Coronavirus.

Abdul-Amir added that the laboratory was tested by examining a number of samples, as Delta variantt was diagnosed among those samples.

He pointed out that “the laboratory is also used in diagnosing tumors and genetic sequencing of many cancerous and hereditary diseases, as well as determining the type of treatment for these diseases.