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Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat flags off mobile COVID-19 testing lab

'MITR labs', the country's only ICMR-approved mobile lab is capable of conducting 200 tests per day, an official release here said.

Published: 02nd October 2020 07:32 PM  |   Last Updated: 02nd October 2020 07:32 PM   |  A+A A-

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat

Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat. (Photo | PTI)

By PTI

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat flagged off a mobile COVID-19 testing lab for Haridwar from his official residence on Friday.

'MITR labs', the country's only ICMR-approved mobile lab is capable of conducting 200 tests per day, an official release here said.

Built inside a car, it will carry out both rapid antigen and Reverse transcription-polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) tests, the release said.

State BJP president Basidhar Bhagat, MLA Harbans Kapoor, and Secretary (Health) Amit Negi were present at the launch.

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