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<\/p>\nThe National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, has established an \u201cAdvanced Virology Lab\u201d for testing COVID-19. The facility has been developed based on the guidelines of the Indian Council Medical Research (ICMR), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/p>\n
It is a Bio Safety Level (BSL) 3 level facility. \u201cBiosafety levels are assigned to a facility depending on the pathogen it deals with.\u00a0 According to ICMR guidelines, BSL2 level facility is recommended for COVID-19 but this is an advanced version,\u201d said Dr Samir Sawant, Senior Principal Scientist, NBRI.<\/p>\n
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This advanced version has a \u201cNegative Pressure\u201d, which means it has a suction facility that can suck any aerosol and pass it through filters. It can filter virus or bacteria to make it a safe COVID-19 testing facility. It reduces the possibilities of infections at culturing facilities.<\/p>\n
Prof. S K Barik, Director, NBRI, said that the facility will add to the testing capacity of Uttar Pradesh (UP). At present, UP is testing about 20,000 samples per day.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo follow the protocol, we will start testing 100 samples a day in the first week and later we will scale it up to 500 samples a day,\u201d said Dr Sawant.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs requested by the higher authorities of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (DG-CSIR), NBRI took up the initiative for developing the testing facility in the wake of coronavirus pandemic as a service to the people of Uttar Pradesh,\u201d Prof Barik\u00a0 said. Prof. Barik also informed that a team of scientists and researchers from the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, will also join the NBRI team for the testing of COVID samples.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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