The Jakarta Health and Regional Health Laboratory (Labkesda) collaborates with the Human Initiative and Agile Innovation (Ai) Labs to handle the COVID-19 pandemic by launching a laboratory car or Mobile Lab. The collaboration received funding support from Nama Foundation.

The mobile lab is ready to conduct PCR checks with a maximum test capacity of 300 samples per day

Jakarta Labkesda Head Endra Muryanto said it aimed to accelerate the handling of COVID-19 checks using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) method in the capital.

"The mobile lab is ready to conduct PCR checks with a maximum test capacity of 300 samples per day. After the swab tests, it will be examined in the laboratory and mix PCR process in the mobile lab, as well as sample extraction in the room has been free of the negative pressure," he expressed, as quoted by Jakarta PPID's press release, Tuesday (9/1).

He went on to say that there were three Mobile Labs, which would be completed and ready to operate in the 4th week of the end of September. Hopefully it could meet the needs of the COVID-19 test in Jakarta.

As for the location, the car travel schedule, as well as the requirements for residents who will carry out an examination at the Mobile Lab would be informed after the car had met the laboratory test requirements.

In the meantime, Human Initiative Management Project Senior General Manager Ferry Suranto added Mobile Lab readiness had reached the 80 percent. All laboratory equipments had been adjusted to the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) that had been determined and helped bring a companion laboratory in Jakarta.

"This mobile lab is assigned to reach places where more cases are found in order to support existing laboratories. If the case is detected, we will go straight to the scene," he stated.