The machine for Polymerase Chain Reaction testing, known as PCR, has reached the laboratory of Libya’s National Centre for Disease Control in Misrata (NCDC).

Yesterday, the Coronavirus Control Committee in Misrata provided the NCDC with a PCR that will be used for detection of the coronavirus.

It should be mentioned that the Coronavirus Control Committee in Misrata was formed by Misrata Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture.

The Committee’s terms of reference provided that it collects the donations of the city’s businessmen, which could be channelled to support hospitals, isolation centres, as well as centres for the early detection.

In a statement to “Tabadul”, the Head of Coronavirus Control Committee in Misrata, Hussein Al-Mejri, said that the committee paid the value of the PCR machine through transferring the funds via the black market, which is about 780,000 LYD, while the PCR machine (along with its accessory) costs 125 thousand euros.