Now, vets to test samples

Having conducted tests on livestock diseases, including FMD, glanders, swine flu and bird flu, veterinary experts at the Northern Regional Disease Diagnostic Laboratory (NRDDL), Jalandhar, have geared up to test samples of Covid-19.

The laboratory has got approval from the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) for testing SARS CoV-2 by the conventional RT-PCR method after getting satisfactory report reading competency and validation of test results.

This would be the first laboratory in Doaba and fourth government lab in Punjab, which has been allowed to conduct tests.