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Rafik Hariri University Hospital in Beirut houses the National Influenza Centre for #Lebanon 🇱🇧.⁣ ⁣ ➡️ Swipe to see how staff at the laboratory process and test samples collected from patients in health facilities for #influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and other respiratory viruses as part of routine surveillance.⁣ ⁣ Lebanon's National Influenza Centre is part of WHO’s Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System (GISRS). GISRS celebrates its 70th anniversary this year. Through GISRS and public health partners, routine influenza surveillance data is shared to inform national, regional and global actions on preparing and responding to respiratory viral diseases. 📸 WHO / Natalie Naccache