India ramps up testing capacity for virus:

News:
  • As per the Health Ministry statement, India has ramped up capacity to test up to three lakh samples per day for the novel coronavirus infection.
More from the Crisil report:
  • The total number of samples tested so far is 59,21,069 with 1,54,935 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
  • A network of 907 labs has been created in the country as on date. This includes 659 labs in the government sector and 248 in the private sector.
  • To help States easily procure the Rapid Antigen test kits, the Centre is ensuring that the domestic manufacturers are onboarded to the Government E-Marketplace (GEM) portal.





Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 17th Jun 2020