Virus testing lab-network to come up across India: ICMR
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New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is developing a network of viral diagnostic and research laboratories to build capacity for handling outbreaks, and managing epidemics and natural calamities across the country.
Under the initiative, the ICMR has begun work for five regional, 11 state-level and 35 medical college-level laboratories.
“These laboratories will be connected to Asia’s first BSL IV laboratory at the National Institute of Virology in Maharashtra to deal with most dangerous lethal infections like haemorrhagic fevers, agents of bio terrorism and several other issues related to the subject,” Soumya Swaminathan, secretary at the health ministry’s Department of Health Research, and ICMR director general, said at the annual press conference of the research institution.
She said 62 multi-disciplinary research units in different medical colleges have been approved and funds were released to 48 of them to strengthen health infrastructure and create an environment of research.
The ICMR, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the government through the Department of Health Research and the health ministry.
Under the initiative, the ICMR has begun work for five regional, 11 state-level and 35 medical college-level laboratories.
“These laboratories will be connected to Asia’s first BSL IV laboratory at the National Institute of Virology in Maharashtra to deal with most dangerous lethal infections like haemorrhagic fevers, agents of bio terrorism and several other issues related to the subject,” Soumya Swaminathan, secretary at the health ministry’s Department of Health Research, and ICMR director general, said at the annual press conference of the research institution.
She said 62 multi-disciplinary research units in different medical colleges have been approved and funds were released to 48 of them to strengthen health infrastructure and create an environment of research.
The ICMR, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest and largest medical research bodies in the world. The ICMR is funded by the government through the Department of Health Research and the health ministry.
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