ICMR certifies lab at Goa for virus testing

Goa government on Monday commissioned a virology lab at a state-run facility to test samples for coronavirus infection. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane said y received a certification from Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to start virology laboratory at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH).

"Happy to anunce that our Virology lab has been certified by ICMR. testing facility has started full-fledged at GMCH, we are also parallelly using testing kits from MyLab. All facilities are w up to date," he tweeted.

When contacted, minister said lab has been set up in record time with help of Union government. Medical professionals from GMCH underwent training at National Institute of Virology in Pune, Rane said, adding that Goa has eugh stock of rent kits and rapid testing kits which are required for virus testing.

(Im credits: Twitter/@visrane)