The team of experts know their work will help in the global fight against this new threat.
Goggles and masks protect their faces, while blue plastic sleeves cover their shoes and gloves shield their hands.
Their expertise means they've already managed to cut the waiting time for results down from almost two days to about three hours."The early detection and the fast reporting of the results is not just good for patients, it's also good for the government so if it is positive they can find the other contacts and not make the disease spread," virologist Dr Supaporn Watcharaprueksadee told Sky News.
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