Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi launched three high throughput COVID-19 testing facilities via video conferencing on July 27.
- These facilities are located at the National Institutes of Indian Council of Medical Research, at Kolkata, Mumbai and Noida.
- Prime Minister said that these hi-tech state-of-the-art testing facilities will boost the testing capacity by almost 10,000 daily tests in each of the three cities.
- More number of tests will assist early detection and treatment, thereby helping fight the spread of the virus.