How a COVID-19 test is processed at the ӳ��ý of MIT and Harvard

Update June 12, 2023: COVID-19 is still with us, but the once-urgent need for PCR testing has subsided and can be addressed by other providers focused on diagnostics. So the ӳ��ý is winding down its COVID-19 diagnostic testing program, with June 30, 2023 as the last day of operations. The ӳ��ý continues to conduct research and develop technologies to better understand, diagnose, and treat infectious diseases.

Since the early days of the pandemic, the ӳ��ý has run a large COVID-19 diagnostic center, a uniquely large and automated facility that can process up to 140,000 tests per day. Take a look at how a sample is processed from start to finish, and learn how the results can support public health and help monitor for new viral variants.