GLOBALink | "Falcon" air-inflated testing labs set up for COVID-19 tests in NE China's Dalian

DALIAN, NOV. 15 (Xinhua) -- Dalian, a port city in Liaoning Province in northeast China, began a new round of citywide nucleic acid testing on Sunday to combat the spread of COVID-19.

For massive nucleic acid tests, Dalian has erected a set of "Falcon" air-inflated testing labs. The labs can screen up to 80,000 tubes per day, which is a significant improvement in testing capacity following the recent recurrence of COVID-19 cases in the city.

The latest local upsurge in Dalian began on Nov. 4, with a cold storage worker as the first case. As of Sunday, 260 locally transmitted cases had been reported in Dalian, the majority of which had occurred in the county-level city of Zhuanghe.

A staff member works at a "Falcon" air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

Staff members wear protective suits before entering a "Falcon" air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

Staff members are seen before entering a "Falcon" air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

Staff members work at a "Falcon" air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Dalian, northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, Nov. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

A staff member works at the "Falcon", an air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing, in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

Staff members work at a "Falcon" air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

A staff member works at a "Falcon" air-inflated testing lab for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing in Dalian, northeast China's Liaoning Province, Nov. 15, 2021. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)

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