SHILLONG, APR 19: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has said that the state government should be able to double if not triple the testing facilities in the next 48 hours or 72 hours.
Sangma was responding to a query on whether the state government is considering to make the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), Umiam as one of the testing centres for COVID-19.
“We are aware about the ICAR testing facilities and it was Meghalaya government that had taken this matter up almost about three weeks back with ICMR and during that time ICAR did not give the permission. However, the permission has finally being given,” said the CM.
He said the government has already started moving once again with them.
Apart from that, he added that the government of Meghalaya is working on increasing facilities through other technologies also.
“I think in about another 24 hours to 48 hours. We will be having better information on that and I will be able to report. We should be able to double if not triple the testing facilities in the next 48 hours or 72 hours,” Sangma stated.
It may be mentioned the state is having the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) as the testing centre for COVID-19.
The government has only recently moved to get approval for making the Nazareth Hospital as another testing centre.
Meanwhile, the CM has also tweeted that a total of 7,500 rapid test kits (RTKs) for testing anti-bodies have already arrived in the state today.
By Our Reporter
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