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WHO declared an outbreak of respiratory illness of unknown etiology in December 2019 from Wuhan, Hubei province of China. Since its emergence, the disease has rapidly spread to neighboring provinces of China as well 151 other countries mainly through International travel. Infection is spread through droplets of an infected patient generated by coughing and sneezing or through prolonged contact with infected patients.
INDIA has about more than 100+ infections and out of that, 3 were lost their life due to this CORONAVIRUS. Italy and Iran overtook it this week as the countries with the most cases outside of China where the new cases in China are continuously declined since the end of last month.
Indian Council of Medical Research – ICMR just released a new list of testing sites all across the India for testing of suspected cases. ICMR – NIV (National Institute of Virology) is the main Apex centre (Resource Centre) for VRDL Network and is also responsible for providing technical training as well as quality control and quality assurance activities.
ICMR is the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world. ICMR’s research agenda align with the National health priorities. These efforts are undertaken with a view to reduce the total burden of disease and to promote health and well-being of the population. ICMR promotes biomedical research in the country through intramural as well as extramural research.
The complete test takes approx 20-30 minutes at most. Results are texted to you within 24 hours, usually the next day.
As on March 6, 2020, a total of 4058 samples from 3404 individuals have been tested by the network. This includes testing of 1308 samples from 654 individuals evacuated from Wuhan, China and quarantined at ITBP and Manesar Campand tested twice on days 0 and 14. Subsequently another 236 individuals evacuated from Wuhan and Diamond Princess Ship, Japan on 27th February 2020 were tested on day 0. Repeat testing will be done on day 14.
S.No. | State/UT | Site Location |
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1 | Andhra Pradesh | Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati |
2 | Andhra Pradesh | Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada |
3 | Andhra Pradesh | Sidhartha Medical College, Vijayawada |
4 | Andhra Pradesh | GMC, Anantapur, AP |
5 | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar |
6 | Assam | Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati |
7 | Assam | Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh |
8 | Assam | Silchar Medical College, Silchar |
9 | Assam | Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat |
10 | Bihar | Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna |
11 | Chandigarh | Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh |
12 | Chhattisgarh | All India Institute Medical Sciences, Raipur |
13 | Delhi | All India Institute Medical Sciences, Delhi |
14 | Delhi | National Centre of Disease Control, New Delhi |
15 | Gujarat | BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad |
16 | Gujarat | M.P.Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar |
17 | Haryana | Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Inst. of Med. Sciences, Rohtak, Haryana |
18 | Haryana | BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat |
19 | Himachal pradesh | Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh |
20 | Himachal pradesh | Dr.Rajendra Prasad Govt. Med. College, Kangra, Tanda, HP |
21 | Jammu and Kashmir | Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar |
22 | Jammu and Kashmir | Government Medical College, Jammu |
23 | Jammu and Kashmir | Government Medical College, Srinagar |
24 | Jharkhand | MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur |
25 | Karnataka | Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore |
26 | Karnataka | National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore |
27 | Karnataka | Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore |
28 | Karnataka | Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan, Karnata |
29 | Karnataka | Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga, Karnataka |
30 | Kerala | National Institute of Virology Field Unit, Kerala |
31 | Kerala | Govt. Medical College, Thriuvananthapuram, Kerala |
32 | Kerala | Govt. Medical College, Kozhikhode, Kerala |
33 | Kerala | Govt. Medical College, Thrissur |
34 | Madhya Pradesh | All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal |
35 | Madhya Pradesh | National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur |
36 | Meghalaya | NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya |
37 | Maharashtra | Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur |
38 | Maharashtra | Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai |
39 | Maharashtra | NIV Mumbai Unit |
40 | Manipur | J N Inst. of Med. Sciences Hospital, Imphal-East, Manipur |
41 | Manipur | Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal |
42 | Odisha | Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar |
43 | Puducherry | Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry |
44 | Punjab | Government Medical College, Patiala, Punjab |
45 | Punjab | Government Medical College, Amritsar |
46 | Rajasthan | Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur |
47 | Rajasthan | Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur |
48 | Rajasthan | Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan |
49 | Rajasthan | RNT Medical College, Udaipur |
50 | Rajasthan | SP Med. College, Bikaner, Rajasthan |
51 | Tamil Nadu | King’s Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai |
52 | Tamil Nadu | Government Medical College, Theni |
53 | Tamil Nadu | Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli |
54 | Tamil Nadu | Govt. Medical college, Thiruvarur |
55 | Tripura | Government Medical College, Agartala |
56 | Telangana | Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad |
57 | Telangana | Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad |
58 | Uttar Pradesh | King’s George Medical University, Lucknow |
59 | Uttar Pradesh | Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi |
60 | Uttar Pradesh | Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh |
61 | Uttarakhand | Government Medical College, Haldwani |
62 | West Bengal | National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata |
63 | West Bengal | IPGMER, Kolkata |
And here is the list of upcoming lab testing centres for Corona Virus which are not functional yet but all below testing centres will be functional in next week or so.
S.No. | State/UT | Site Location |
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1 | Bihar | Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga |
2 | Chhattisgarh | Late Sri BaliramKashyap Memorial Govt. Medical College, Jagdalpur |
3 | Delhi | Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi |
4 | Delhi | Army Hospital (R&R), New Delhi |
5 | Jammu & Kashmir | Command Hospital, Udhampur |
6 | Karnataka | Command Hospital, Bangaluru |
7 | Maharashtra | Armed Forces Medical College, Pune |
8 | Tamil Nadu | Madras Medical College, Chennai |
9 | Uttar Pradesh | Command Hospital, Lucknow |
ICMR strongly appeals that private laboratories all across India should offer COVID-19 diagnosis at no cost. ICMR is also engaging with high-qualityprivate laboratories that includes NABL accredited labs to understand the modalities of increasing access to the test while ensuring appropriate safeguards.
Below is the list of all NABL Accredited Diagnostic Labs which have the capacity to conduct COVID-19 Tests with reagents as per ICMR guidelines:
S.No. | State/UT | Lab Name |
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1 | Assam | 1. SRL Diagnostics- Skylab Assam 2. SRL Limited-Magpins Diagnostics, Paltan Bazar, Dibrugarh, Assam |
2 | Bihar | 1. SRL Reach Limited, Sadar Hospital Campus, At Court More, Dhanbad |
3 | Chandigarh | 1. SRL Limited, S.C.O-24, Sector-11 D, Chandigarh |
4 | Chattisgarh | 1. Dr Lal Path lab, Raipur 2. SRL Diagnostics lab, Raipur |
5 | Delhi | 1. Indraprastha Apollo Hospital, Delhi 2. Dang Lab 3. Dr Lal Path Lab 4. SRL Limited ,74, Paschimi Marg, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 5. Max Lab, Max Super Speciality Hospital, Saket 6. SRL Limited, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, Okhla Road, New Delhi 7. Fortis Hospital, A Block Shalimar Bagh, Delhi 8. SRL Ltd, Fortis Flt. Lt. Rajan Dhall Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 9. Lifeline Diagnostics, Green Park, Delhi 10. Oncquest Laboratories Ltd, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029 11. Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, Mohan Co-operative Industrial Estate, Mathura Road, New Delhi (Will be ready by 23 March 2020) |
6 | Gujarat | 1. Apollo Hospitals, Ahmedabad 2. Neuberg Supratech, Ahmedabad 3. Desai Metropolis Health Services Pvt. Ltd., Near Mahavir Cardiac Hospital, Athwagate, Surat (Will be ready by 1 April 2020) 4. Sanjeevani Metropolis, Safal – 3, Swami Vivekanand Road, Opp. Commissioner Bunglow, Rajkot (Will be ready by 1 April 2020) |
7 | Haryana | 1. SRL Limited, Clinical Reference Lab, Udyog Vihar, Sector-18, Gurgaon 2. SRL Limited, FEHRC, Neelam Bata Road, NIT, Faridabad 3. Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI), Sector 44, Gurgaon 4. SRL Limited416, Ashoka Colony, Opposite Kalpana Chawla Medical College, Karnal- 132001 |
8 | Himachal Pradesh | 1. SRL Ltd, Zonal hospital, Mandi, Room No 813, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh 2. SRL Ltd, OPD NO. 3, Dr RPGMC, Tanda, Dist Kangra, Himachal Pradesh 3. SRL Ltd. Indira Gandhi Medical College IGMC Shimla Dist Shimla, HP- 171001 4. SRL Ltd. C/o Regional Hospital Hamirpur, Dist Hamirpur-177001 H.P |
9 | Jammu & Kashmir | 1. Dr Lal Path Lab, B C Road Jammu |
10 | Karnataka | 1. SRL Limited, Bangalore Reference lab, Next to Jal Bhavan, Bannerghatta Road, Bangalore 2. SRL Limited, Fortis Hospital Limited, 14, Cunningham Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 3. SRL Limited, Fortis Hospitals Limited, 154/9, Bannerghatta Road, Opp. IIM, Bangalore 4. SRL Ltd, FortisHospital, #23, Gurukrupa Layout ,800 feet road, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore 5. SRL Diagnostics Private Limited for its facilities at 51, Chintal Plaza, 10th Main Road, 33rd Cross, IV Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 6. NEUBERG ANAND Lab, Shivaji Nagar, Bangalore 7. RV Metropolis Main Lab, 76/10, 15th Cross. 4th Main. Malleshwaram, Bengaluru (Will be ready by 1 April 2020) |
11 | Kerala | 1. DDRC – SRL Diagnostics Private Limited, Gandhi Nagar, Kottayam-686008, Kerala & Amalagiri P.O., Ammencherry, Kottayam, Kerala 2. DDRC SRL Diagnostics Private Limited, Ground Floor, Aster Square, Medical College P.O., Trivandrum-695011, Kerala 3. DDRC SRL Diagnostics Private Limited., Ernakulam G 131, DDRC SRL Tower Ernakulam – 682036 Kerala 4. EI LAB Metropolis, North square build, Paramara road, Cochin (Will be ready by 1 April 2020) |
12 | Madhya Pradesh | 1. SRL Ltd, 34/2 New Palasia, Behind Industry House, Indore |
13 | Maharashtra | 1. SRL Religare Laboratory, Gaiwadi Industrial Estate, S.V. Road, Goregaon (W) Mumbai 2. Dr Lal Path Lab 3. Metropolis Healthcare Ltd – Global Reference Laboratory, Vidyavihar, Mumbai (Will be ready by 23 March 2020) 4. Metropolis Healthcare Ltd, Bhandarkar Institute Road, Pune (Will be ready by 23 March 2020) 5. SRL Dignostic Laboratory, Dr Avinash Phadake Laboratory, Mahim, Mumbai 6. AG. Dignostic Lab Pvt. Ltd. Pune 7. Apollo Hospital, Nashik 31. Apollo Hospital, Navi Mumbai 8. SRL Limited, Sector-4, Kharghar, Navi Mumbai 9. SRL Ltd-CoE Histopath Mahim 10. SRL Limited, Hiranandani Fortis Hospital, 5th Floor, Mini Seashore Road, Sector-10, Vashi, Navi Mumbai 11. SRL Ltd, Fortis Hospital, Mulund-Goregaon Link Road, Mulund, Mumbai 12. SRL Diagnostics – Dr. Avinash Phadke (SRL Diagnostics Private Limited), for its facilities at Dadar,Mahim & Andheri 13. N M Medical Centre, Mumbai |
14 | Odisha | 1. Apollo Hospitals, Bhubaneswar |
15 | Punjab | 1. SRL Ltd, Fortis Escorts Hospital, Majitha Verka Byepass Road, Amritsar 2. SRL Limited, STREET Mundian, C/O Radhaswamysatsang, Beas, Fortis Hospital Building, Chandigarh Road, city Ludhiana, Punjab – 141001 3. Fortis Hospital, Sector-62, Phase-8, Mohali, Punjab |
16 | Rajasthan | 1. SRL Limited, Fortis Escorts Hospital, J.L.N. Marg, Malviya Nagar, Jaipur 2. Dr Lal Path Lab |
17 | Tamil Nadu | 1. Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai 2. Apollo Greams Lane, Chennai 3. Apollo Hospitals, Madurai 4. SRL Limited, AB-46, First Street, 6th Main Road,Anna Nagar Chennai 5. Neuberg Ehrlich Lab, Royapettah, Chennai 6. Lister Metropolis Nungambakam, Chennai (will be ready by 23 March) |
18 | Telangana | 1. Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad 2. Apollo Hyderguda, Hyderabad 3. SRL Ltd. Legend Crystal Shop No.06, Ground Floor, Plot No.1-7-79/A&B, Prenderghast Road, Secunderabad,500003 4. SRL Limitedc/o Ambicare Clinics Kondapur Hyderabad 5. Medics Labs, New Bowenpally, Secunderabad |
19 | Uttar Pradesh | 1. SRL Ltd, B1/12, Vipul Khand, Gomti Nagar, Lucknow 2. SRL Limited, Fortis Hospital, B-22, Sector- 62, Noida |
20 | West Bengal | 1. Apollo Gleneagles Hospital 2. SRL Limited Reference laboratory, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, West Bengal 3. SRL Limited, Fortis Hospital, 730, Anandapur, E.M. Bypass Road, Kolkata 4. Suraksha Diagnostics, New Town, Kolkata 5. Medica Super Specialty Hospital, Kolkata |
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