Mobile Covid 19 RT-PCR lab jointly developed by SpiceHealth and the ICMR was inaugurated yesterday by the Union Home Minister, Shri Amit Shah. The Union Health and Family Welfare Minister, Dr. Harsh Vardhan participated in the inauguration function. The new mobile testing lab and more such labs in planning to set up, shall help in adding more capacity to COVID-19 testing. The lab is accredited by NABL and is approved by the ICMR. 

RT-PCR tests are most decisive and crucial for COVID-19 testing. These tests will cost Rs. 499/- and ICMR will borne the cost of testing, means Delhi people who undergo testing need not pay. This initiative is a step in making COVID-19 testing affordable and more accessible to the common person. From the time of sample collection, the reports will be available within 6 to 8 hours compared to the average 24 to 48 hours taken by similar test reports. 

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between SpiceHealth and ICMR to set up testing facilities (laboratories)and collection centres across the country. The first testing facility has been set up in Delhi. More such testing facilities will come up in different parts of the National Capital over the coming days. First Phase involves a plan to set up 10 labs.  Each lab would be able to test up to 1,000 samples per day and testing would slowly be ramped up to 3,000 samples per day per lab. 

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