New Delhi (NVI): The Indian Council of Medical Research today said that it has tested 2,31,000 samples for coronavirus so far, including 21,635 samples yesterday.
During the daily press briefing by Union Health Ministry today, Raman Gangakhedkar, head scientist at ICMR said that 18,644 tests were in ICMR network of labs and 2,991 were from private labs.
“As of now, we have 166 labs under the ICMR network. 70 labs which were belonging to private sector, they have already been approved, as of now,” he said.
The ICMR scientist said that they have enough kits to cover for a very long time.
“In addition, we have placed order for about 33 lakh RT-PCR testing kits, consignment of 37 lakh rapid testing kits too is expected to arrive very soon,” he added.
