Broken PCR machine : Chinese embassy provides update on repair work
The Chinese embassy in Colombo has provided an update on the repair work that’s underway to fix a PCR machine which malfunctioned, causing a delay in obtaining results of some PCR tests.
A team of experts arrived from Chinese manufacturing company to fix the broken machine.
“PCR test machine malfunction detected after 10 hour work” Chinese embassy tweeted.

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