The Ministry and ICMR have urged the laboratories to conduct Covid-19 tests for free
Current Affairs : The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday opened the testing of coronavirus (Covid-19) cases to private division indicative labs to improve the procedure of warm screening the nation over.
The Ministry and ICMR have given rules for private research centers to direct Covid-19 tests and asked these foundations to lead the tests liberated from cost. The private places would work under the space of ICMR.
The ICMR has additionally reexamined the criteria for testing coronavirus patients. As per theinstitution, an individual should home isolate himself/herself for 14 days on the off chance that they create indications. The ICMR is going to operationalise two quick testing research facilities, and 49 extra testing habitats before the current week’s over.
A quick testing research facility will be prepared to test upwards of 1,400 examples every day. These high throughput frameworks will be set up one each in Delhi-NCR and Bhubaneswar to exponentially expanding quick diagnosing of Covid-19. The extra 49 testing communities will be at different clinical universities and different spots.
ICMR has tried at any rate 11,500 examples across the nation since January 21. Up until this point, India has announced 137 affirmed positive instances of coronavirus. Out of this, 120 are dynamic cases, 14 patients got restored and released and three individuals lost their lives because of the infection.
Aditi Mehta 