Covid-19 test at MKCG, VIMSAR and IGH to start by April 17
Published By : Prameya News Bureau | April 09, 2020 IST
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Bhubaneswar, April 9: Testing facility for Covid-19 will start at MKCG, Berhampur by April 12 while at VIMSAR, Burla by April 15, informed Health Minister Naba Kishore Das. He also said that the testing facility at IGH Rourkela will also start by April 17. The minister further said that the State has a stock of 70000 Personal Protecting Equipment (PPE), 65000 N-95 masks and adequate medicine. At present, samples of suspected Covid-19 persons are being tested at RMRC, Bhubaneswar, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar and SCB Medical College and Hospital in Cuttack. Besides the Institute of Life Science (ILS) in Bhubaneswar has received the permission of the Department of Biotechnology, Governmnet of India for Covid-19 test.
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