<span style="color: #222222;">The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation  has been employing fast-track testing measure to detect Covid-19 in patients to arrest the spread of coronavirus through timely precautions.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">From RT-PCR test that takes more than 8 hours to rapid antigen and anti-body tests that detect  presence of virus in 30 minutes, the Municipal Corporation is all set to decrease the testing duration further through a voice testing application. This testing procedure is expected to analyse and diagnose the patients in a record time of 30 seconds. The civic body signed the memorandum of understanding (MOU) with an Israel-based startup company, Vocalis Health, for the first-of-its-kind initiative in Mumbai.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> AIR correspondent reports, BMC has developed an artificial intelligence program to diagnose Covid-19 in the people of Mumbai, through the medium of voice testing. The non-invasive vocal band sampling procedure was first launched at a Nesco Jumbo facility in Goregaon from 1st September. This is the pilot screening of the AI program that is taking samples of about 1000 suspected and positive patients at the facility.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">BMC is testing this against the prime standard of RT-PCR testing and upon the last clearance from the Ethics Community, the application will be used in government run Cooper Hospital. Voice testing has previously been used in European countries like France and Italy for the detection of the coronavirus. </span><br />''