Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued guidelines for private labs to conduct COVID-19 tests. <br />'' <br />'' The move is aimed at improving the testing facilities across the country. The private centres will work under the domain of the ICMR. <br />'' <br />'' As per the guidelines, the private labs should conduct tests only when prescribed by a qualified physician. <br />'' <br />'' Adoption of commercial kits for testing should be based on validations conducted by ICMR-National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune. The ICMR has also revised the criteria for testing corona virus patients. <br />''