Nansha sci-tech enterprises contribute to virus fight

Science and technology enterprises in Guangzhou's Nansha district are actively contributing their strength to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic resurgence.

The headquarters of Adicon has sent 33 staff and 45 testing machines from subsidiaries around the country to assist with Nansha's nucleic acid testing.

The Adicon Clinical Laboratories in Nansha now has 50 staff and 55 machines, allowing for an increased daily capacity of more than 30,000 test tubes.

Adicon's mobile polymerase chain reaction laboratory arrived in Nansha on June 13 and is capable of processing another 13,000 test tubes. In addition, the company will dispatch 10 more staff from elsewhere in the country to Nansha.

Adicon staff members run nucleic acid tests on samples. [Photo/gznsnews.com.cn]

CAS Smart City has added an information module for epidemic prevention and control to the mobile terminal of Nansha's "City Brain". The module presents real-time epidemic information using big data technology to help with decision making.

Chinese autonomous vehicle startup Pony.ai has sent 60 autonomous driving vehicles and eight autonomous driving trucks to transport medical supplies and bulky items.

In addition, local scientific research institutions and technology enterprises have also donated a large number of infrared thermometers, disinfection robots, and medical face masks to key areas in the district.