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Mumbai Police to get Rapid Antigen test to fight COVID-19
Updated On: 26 July, 2020 07:20 AM IST | Mumbai | Vishal Singh
In a bid to reduce infections in the Mumbai Police ranks, officers will now be getting the test, which gives results in 30 minutes

BMC's medical staff conducts a Rapid Antigen test on a Mumbai Police personnel at Nityananda Hall in Sion on Saturday. Pic/Ashish Raje
In an attempt to control the spread of Coronavirus among cops, the Mumbai Police is now undergoing Rapid Antigen Test. These will be conducted on policemen between the ages of 45 and 55 working across 94 police stations.
There are 1,773 cops who are undergoing treatment for COVID-19 infections in the Maharashtra Police force. This includes 204 officers and 1,569 police personnel. Due to the virus, 90 police personnel have died in the state. To reduce the infection, every effort is being made to detect this infection in time. And for this purpose, the tests, which gives results in 30 minutes, have been rolled out for police officials, too.
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