Covid test trial starts in Karnal, ICMR nod expected

rnal, April 9

A laboratory to test samples has been established at the Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College (KCGMC) here. It started trial of samples on Thursday. It is expected to get nod from the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, in a day or two.

Samples of Covid suspected patients are sent to BPS Medical College at Khanpur in Sonepat, which takes around 25-30 hours. The authorities claim after starting the lab, results would be ascertained in a few hours.

After the declaration of Covid as an epidemic in Haryana, the government has given consent to establish one lab for Covid tests in KCGMC. However, the machine, which is being used in the test, is stuck in Germany. “The district administration has arranged the ‘reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction’ machine from the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) for this purpose. After the complete calibration of the machine, the trial was started,” said Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav. — TNS