The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued fresh guidelines for setting up of coronavirus testing laboratories as the number of cases rises across the country. The ICMR has approved the COVID-19 testing in more than 200 laboratories across the country. Based on the new requests from several districts of India for initiation of COVID-19 testing, ICMR said it has formulated the new guidelines for the establishment of a new testing laboratory in any district. In case there are testing laboratories within this distance, each of the existing testing laboratories should be testing at least 100 samples per , the ICMR said. Proofs of these requirements, including documents and photographs, need to be submitted to ICMR while applying for a new testing laboratory.

Source: dna April 05, 2020 05:37 UTC