WHO reference laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19

Overview

Countries who have no testing capacity and national COVID-19 laboratories with limited experience on COVID-19 virus testing are encouraged to send the first five positives and the first ten negative COVID-19 samples to WHO reference laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19.

Booking form (Updated 15 April 2020) 

Term of reference sent to WHO reference laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19 

Guidance for laboratories shipping specimens to WHO reference laboratories that provide confirmatory testing for COVID-19 virus (31 March 2020)

For MS Word document format of the booking form please contact roviraj@who.int and fusterc@who.int

Contact details of WHO reference laboratories providing confirmatory testing for COVID-19 can be obtained from the respective regional WHO offices.