Punjab Health and Family Welfare Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu on Friday inaugurated the Covid Fast Testing Machine (ID Now) at District Hospital SAS Nagar. "This is a major boon at a time when there is high demand for testing of critical patients," he said. Details hereThe minister further said that the machine is portable and a first of its kind RT-PCR-based which can easily be taken to villages for testing. Besides this, a unique point-of-care testing system called Abbott ID Now is installed at District Hospital, Mohali, the state government informed. The Punjab government has extended the lockdown in the state till 10 June.

Source: Mint May 29, 2021 01:39 UTC