en-us	Iraq: UN health agency helps beat 'latest bottleneck' in COVID-19 battle
zh-cn	世卫组织帮助伊拉克克服抗击2019冠状病毒大流行的最新“瓶颈”

en-us	With a global shortage of supplies and equipment to fight the deadly coronavirus pandemic,
zh-cn	全球对抗2019冠状病毒的物资和设备需求已导致全球物资短缺，

en-us	the UN health agency has assisted in successfully producing urgently needed laboratory items for testing suspected COVID-19 cases in Iraq.
zh-cn	伊拉克南部巴士拉大学的2019冠状病毒病危机小组与世界卫生组织合作，成功生产了急需的实验室用品，以加快对疑似病例的检测。

en-us	"The latest bottleneck to contain and reduce the spread of COVID-19 in Iraq has been the shortage of supplies and equipment needed to collect and transport samples,”
zh-cn	“遏制和减少2019冠状病毒在伊拉克的扩散，最新的瓶颈是收集和运输样品所需的供应品和设备。”

en-us	Adham Ismail, the World Health Organization (WHO) Representative in Iraq said on Sunday.
zh-cn	世卫组织驻伊拉克代表阿达姆·伊斯梅尔（Adham Ismail）说：

en-us	the COVID-19 Crisis Cell of Basrah University in southern Iraq has produced 3,200 nasal swabs and more than 1,620 Virus Transport Medium (VTM)
zh-cn	截至4月1日，巴士拉大学的制造团队除了生产3200支鼻拭子外，还生产了1620多份病毒传输介质。

en-us	a gel-like substance that preserves nasal swab specimens while being transported to labs.
zh-cn	这种介质是一种凝胶状物质，用于将鼻拭样本运输到实验室的过程中保存样本。

en-us	The supplies were delivered to health directorates in Iraq's Basra, Muthana, Karbala, and Wasit governorates.
zh-cn	这些测试用品被运送到伊拉克巴士拉、穆萨纳、卡尔巴拉和瓦西特省的卫生局。

en-us	In addition to the new stock, WHO-provided Reverse Transcriptase-PRC (RT-PCR) kits – used in medical analyses – that have facilitated in testing hundreds of suspected cases in southern Iraq.
zh-cn	这些新产品结合世卫组织提供的逆转录酶试剂盒一起使用，便利了在伊拉克南部对数百例疑似病例的检测。

en-us	"For this, the World Health Organization and Basra University have coordinated efforts to produce the essential lab products needed to test suspected cases,
zh-cn	为此，世界卫生组织和巴士拉大学共同努力，生产出用于检验疑似病例的必要实验室产品，

en-us	and together, we set the overall goal for supplying the quantities needed countrywide", explained the WHO official.
zh-cn	而且我们共同制定了向全国提供所需产品数量的总体目标。”

en-us	The Basrah Crisis Cell also launched an online application for COVID-19 self-reporting
zh-cn	巴士拉危机小组还宣布了其他三项应对措施，包括在线自我报告申请。

en-us	that has, thus far, been used by 4,500 applicants, of which 130 were qualified for further testing by the RT-PCR kits.
zh-cn	到目前为止，已有4500名申请人使用该程序，其中130位有资格通过逆转录酶试剂盒进行进一步测试。

en-us	And with WHO and Government support,
zh-cn	在世界卫生组织和伊拉克政府的支持下，

en-us	it has locally produced disinfectants and sterilization material, such as hand-rub gel.
zh-cn	还在巴士拉生产了消毒剂和灭菌材料，包括消毒搓手凝胶。