Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister, ICMR DG Balram Bhargava had been present at the inauguration of SpiceJet’s 1st testing lab inaugurated at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), AIIMS in Delhi.
SpiceJet has launched a mobile testing laboratory in Delhi. The mobile test laboratory will conduct Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing for Covid-19 at Rs 499 and has the capacity to course of action up to three,000 test reports per day. Apart from these, the report of the swab test would be accessible inside just six hours from the time of collecting samples as compared to the typical 24-48 hours taken for related test reports at present.
The mobile testing laboratory was launched by SpiceHealth, an initiative of SpiceJet. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Union Health Minister, ICMR DG Balram Bhargava had been present at the inauguration of SpiceJet’s 1st testing lab inaugurated at Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), AIIMS in Delhi.
SpiceHealth has tied up with GeneStore will jointly establish mobile molecular diagnostic testing facilities across the nation as a “Make In India initiative”. The testing kits and laboratory facilities have been certified by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the mobile laboratories have been duly accredited by National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL). A considerable proportion of the tests will be performed in collaboration with agencies of the central and state governments.
SpiceHealth has also signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the ICMR for setting up testing facilities (laboratories) and collection centers across the nation. To start, the 1st testing facility has been set up in Delhi. Each testing laboratory will have the capacity to course of action three,000 test reports-a-day to begin with. Many extra of such testing facilities will come up in distinct components of the National Capital as properly as the rest of the nation in the coming days. With the express service, the final test outcomes will be processed and shared inside just six hours of the sample submission, SpiceJet stated in a statement.