<span style="color: #222222;">Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister Alo Libang today inaugurated the second COVID-19 testing lab at Intermediate Reference Laboratory at Naharlagun, near Itanagar. Testing at this lab will be carried out by TRUENAT machines, capable of screening 20 samples per day.<br />'' <br />'' Mr. Libang, while congratulating the department for setting up the COVID-19 Testing Centre in such a short period, said, it will lessen the burden of the lone Testing Centre at TRIHMS Naharlagun during this pandemic situation in the state.<br />'' <br />'' The first COVID-19 testing lab in the state was made functional on 30th of April, which has a capacity of testing 100 samples per day. As of now, 2,061 samples have been collected so far in the state for COVID-19 testing, of which 1,477 tested negative, 61 have tested negative on repeat tests and results of 521 are yet to come. The lone COVID-19 patient was discharged from the hospital last month after full recovery. There is no active case of COVID-19 in Arunachal Pradesh as of now.</span><br />'' <br />'' &nbsp;
News On AIR | May 12, 2020 5:09 PM
Arunachal Pradesh Health Minister inaugurates second COVID-19 testing lab