We are pleased to inform you that the International Atomic Energy Agency together with the World Health Organization – Western Pacific Region are organising a series of Webinars to support the COVID-19 testing laboratories in the Asia and the Pacific Region. Please see attached the related information to the Webinar series and especially to the second webinar to be held on August 28th, 2020: Second Webinar on sample collection and preparation for RT-PCR: Topics: * Sampling (including transport) and sample pooling * Preventing contamination, including contamination of the laboratory equipment and the environment with viral RNA * Manual extraction of RNA, automated RNA extraction options and alternative extraction methods Please find below the link for registering to the webinar and kindly share with the relevant authorities in your countries: https://iaea.webex.com/iaea/onstage/g.php?MTID=ec8b47ca4d7aa6fc59b0d85789e9345cf This email message is intended only for the use of the named recipient. Information contained in this email message and its attachments may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not read, copy, use or disclose this communication to others. Also please notify the sender by replying to this message and then delete it from your system. ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the VPH-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(VPH-L,SIGNOFF);