The city has 20 per cent of the state's total number of registered TB patients. REPRESENTATION PIC/THINKSTOCK

Mumbai's fight against tuberculosis (TB) is all set to get stronger. The city, which has 20 per cent of the state's total number of registered TB patients, will now have five special laboratories, being set up in association with the Union government, to investigate the fatal ailment along with a state-of-the-art TB research facility at the JJ hospital.