September 20, 2024

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Corona test to be free in Delhi, Home Minister Shah inaugurates RT-PCR lab

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The Union Home Minister Amit Shah inaugurated the mobile Kovid-19 RT-PCR lab in the campus of the Indian Council of Medical Research in New Delhi.

This mobile lab is jointly started by ICMR and SpiceHealth. Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan also attended the inauguration ceremony.

Along with this testing lab, such other labs which are planned to be established, this will further increase the Kovid-19 testing capacity. This lab has been certified by NABL and accredited by ICMR.

RT-PCR testing is very crucial and important for Kovid-19. The cost of this test will be Rs 499, which will bear the ICMR. This test will be free for the general public.