Guidance for laboratories shipping specimens to WHO reference laboratories that provide confirmatory testing for COVID-19 virus
Interim guidance
31 March 2020
| COVID-19: Laboratory and diagnosis
Overview
To expedite the shipment of clinical samples from patients with suspected COVID-19 virus infection from the country of collection to one of the WHO reference laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19, a shipment mechanism has been established.
Related documents:
WHO reference laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19
Shipment booking form for COVID-19 clinical samples version 2
WHO Team
WHO Headquarters (HQ),
WHO Worldwide
Reference numbers
WHO Reference Number: WHO/2019-nCoV/laboratory_shipment/2020.3
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