Pushing for increased screening of Covid-19, the state health authorities are all set to carry out pool testing.
The health minister TS Singhdeo in a tweet said that the department was ready to start the testing in at least one lab in the state.
“In order to effectively us the extended lockdown period, I have initiated measurers to start pool testing, in at least one of our labs, at the earliest”, Singhdeo tweeted.
Notable, a pool test is done for an area that is lesser prone to the disease to get a “realistic estimation” of the spread of the disease.
The testing increases the screening capacity to manifold and helps assessing the spread of disease well within the desired time.
Similarly, the health department also decided to use tuberculosis testing machine for detecting coronavirus infection.
Singhdeo, in statement further said that though it takes three hours to test for the infection, the available apparatus will enhance the testing capacity.
“The test will be done at the TB hospital, Lalpur and later on will be extended to all the district hospitals where the testing apparatuses are available,” he said.