핀란드, 코로나19 검체 한국까지 보내서 검사...왜? 직접 듣는 배경과 과정<br /><br />Numerous countries have been seeking help from South Korea to fight their own coronavirus outbreaks.<br />We reported last week that a private healthcare provider in Finland asked South Korea to test their samples due to the country's lack of testing capacity.<br />It's a first for South Korea to test samples from overseas.<br />Our Choi Jeong-yoon went to the Seoul-based lab in question to see how the tests are done and the story behind the cooperation.<br />This box contains hundreds of specimens collected from suspected COVID-19 cases in Finland.<br />"They said they could only hold up to 1500-2000 tests a day, which is very very small in number. For SCL we can test about 3000 tests for one single day."<br />Flying over seven-thousand kilometers, samples are hermetically sealed in a temperature-controlled package.<br />Each sample is placed in small test tubes and then a chemical reagent is added so the gene can be amplified.<br />Holding 94 specimens, a real-time polymerase chain reaction machine makes genetic copies from each sample...so even a miniscule amount of the virus can be detected.<br />The real-time PCR technique shows graphs of three specific genes.<br />If all three of them rise sharply, it means the sample is positive for COVID-19.<br />This entire process, from taking samples from the box to sending the results to Finland online, takes just six hours.<br />"Planning to test more COVID19 samples from the hospital in Finland, the SCL is pushing to develop a faster, more accurate testing system. The aim? To take Korean researching capacity to the next level and create a new paradigm in the global bio industry. Choi Jeong-yoon, Arirang News."<br />
