India's First Mobile COVID-19 testing lab, developed by IISC, launched in Bengaluru

India’s First Mobile COVID-19 testing lab, developed by IISC, launched in Bengaluru

India’s First Mobile COVID-19 testing lab, developed by IISC, launched in Bengaluru

  • The Karnataka Government has launched a first-of-its-kind mobile COVID-19 laboratory on 5th August 2020.
  • The unique lab has been developed by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc).
  • The mobile lab is the first Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)-approved mobile RT-PCR Covid-19 testing laboratory in India.
  • The Mobile Infection Testing and Reporting (MITR) lab is capable of performing 9,000 RT-PCR (reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction) tests per month with 100% accurate results within four hours.

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