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Intelligent Testing Strategy for being 'ahead of virus': ICMR
Updated On: 26 May, 2020 07:00 AM IST | Mumbai | IANS
The apex medical research body in the country said most states have been working with the National Tuberculosis Elimination Program to deploy TrueNAT machines for COVID-19 testing
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The Indian Council of Medical Research on Monday said that India developed an Intelligent Testing Strategy to remain 'ahead of the virus' by developing testing infrastructure that is laboratories and other means of testing.
The Indian Council of Medical Research (@ICMRDELHI) on Monday said that #India developed an Intelligent Testing Strategy to remain 'ahead of the virus' by developing testing infrastructure that is laboratories and other means of testing. pic.twitter.com/8BNw1Lh27u
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According to ICMR, the country now has capacity of testing 2 lakh samples per day. "India now has 610 total labs (432 public, 178 private) and is currently testing 1.1 lakh samples in a day and has the capacity to test 1.4 lakh samples per day, which is being raised to 2 lakh samples per day," said the ICMR.
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