Private hospitals to be involved in PCR testing

539

The Ministry of Health has decided to involve private hospitals in the process of carrying out Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing in the country.

This decision is taken as a measure to increase the number of PCR tests done in the country for the identification of COVID-19 infections.

The Health Ministry intends to hike the number of PCR tests carried out to over 1000 tests per day.