April 13, 2020

HSP Fellow Dr. Osama Shareef Leads Two Teams To Conduct Real-Time COVID-19 PCR Testing In Iraq

In the Kurdish region of Iraq, HSP Fellow Dr. Osama Shareef is leading teams at the ASA Hospital and Sarchner Center, both in Sulaymaniyah City,  to conduct COVID-19 PCR testing. Between the two sites, they are running up to 545 tests daily, which is critical to Iraq’s efforts to identify and contain the spread of the coronavirus.