हिंदी
Chandigarh, August 24 – Haryana Health Minister, Mr. Anil Vij inaugurated two RT-PCR Testing laboratories in Sirsa and Rewari for testing of COVID-19 through video-conferencing. This has augmented the number of laboratories in the state to 23.
The Health Minister said that similar laboratories for COVID-19 testing have been set up in 14 government hospitals and medical colleges besides nine private laboratories are conducting this test in the state. He further added that we have decided to set up such laboratories in all districts across the state. Sharing more details he added that the state will soon be collecting 20,000 tests samples in a day which is remarkable and it will help in identifying the extent of spread of the coronavirus besides formulating strategies to combat it.
It was also informed that in the last few months the month-wise testing has increased. The month-wise average testing per day in March was 30 which witnessed a sharp increase in April to 880. The health officers further spruced up the testing capacity and it jumped to 2,930 in April, further climbed to 11,238 in July and with the persistent efforts of the officers concerned it has reached 15,291 average tests per day in the month of August.
Sharing details of the testing laboratories, Additional Chief Secretary Health, Mr. Rajeev Arora said that we have focused on basics i.e. Tracing, Tracking, Testing and Treatment of which testing is an essential ingredient. He further added that four more RT-PCR laboratories will be set up at Jind, Bhiwani, Panipat and Yamunanagar. The districts leading in COVID-19 testing are Faridabad, Gurugram, Rohtak, Sonipat and Hisar.
The Minister was apprised during the video conferencing that in all the testing laboratories set-up across the state around 9.45 lakh cumulative sample tests were conducted till now, of which 2.68 lakh were Rapid Antigen Tests and remaining were RT-PCR tests.
Among others present in the video conferencing were Managing Director, Haryana Medical Services Corporation, Chief Executive Officer, Ayushman Bharat Haryana Health Protection Authority, Mr. Ashok Kumar Meena, DGHS, Director Health Services Dr. S.B. Kamboj and other senior officers of the Health Department.
