Now the private lab also decided to allow corona virus detection

New delhi date. March 17, 2020, Tuesday

The Union Ministry of Health has decided to allow the private pathology lab to investigate the corona for the early detection of people infected with the corona virus. A ministry official said only the government lab is still allowed to investigate the corona virus. But with the approval of the private lab, efforts are being made to double the speed of investigation.

About 60 private labs can be approved soon, the ministry said. Yet only the government lab is allowed to investigate Corona. The government plans to double the number of labs for this virus. According to officials, about 60 accredited private labs will be allowed to conduct the test soon. Officials said, "We are going to determine the names of such labs. Work on it is going fast. Covid-19 is being investigated for free in government labs.

Raman R., president of epidemic and communicable diseases at ICMR. Gangadhakar said there was no issue with the Corona test's capacity because there were 52 labs on the disease. In India at the present time, about 10,000 tests can be performed daily. About 600 samples are being tested daily. He said that there are still 60,000 testing kits available and two lakh orders have been made.