Updated 27 March 2020 at 15:10 IST
Goa asks Centre for additional COVID-19 testing kits
The Goa government on Friday urged the Centre to provide additional COVID-19 testing kits for the new testing facility in the state.
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The Goa government on Friday urged the Centre to provide additional COVID-19 testing kits for the new testing facility in the state.
Goa has recorded three positive cases of COVID-19 so far and the patients are undergoing treatment at Goa Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) near Panaji.
Taking to Twitter, state Health minister Vishwajit Rane said he spoke to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan via video conferencing and urged him to provide additional reagent testing kits for the testing facility at GMCH.
"We also informed him of our preparedness to curb the spread of #COVID19," he tweeted.
Through video conference, I had an excellent interaction with the Hon'ble Union Health Minister @drharshvardhan Ji & Secretary Health, GOI.
— VishwajitRane (@visrane) March 27, 2020
I requested Hon'ble minister for providing us additional reagent testing kits for starting our own testing facility in the state on Saturday
We also informed him of our preparedness to curb the spread of #COVID19.
— VishwajitRane (@visrane) March 27, 2020
The Safety of our patients and curbing the virus from the state of Goa is our top priority. Working towards a healthy Goa.
Goa has sent a team of doctors to the National Institute of Virology in Pune to undergo training for testing coronavirus samples.
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Published By : Press Trust Of India
Published On: 27 March 2020 at 15:10 IST