Covid-19 Testing in PU
The Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, has identified four
centers in Chandigarh – Mohali region for “upscaling the testing
capacity for Covid-19” whenever in future the need arises in the wake
of increased cases. These centers are IMTECH, IISER, INST and PU
which will be working on the Hub and Spoke model. IMTECH will serve as
the Hub for collection of samples and processing them afor
inactivation or RNA isolation and then will distribute these, along
with kits, to the Spokes centers i.e. IISER, INST and PU for testing.
PU is already in the process of preparing itself for testing and is
completing the ground work. PU has nine RT PCR machines in different
departments and a database and working conditions of all these have
been prepared, informed Prof Prince Sharma,Dean,Faculty Science. PU is
readying its BioSafety Level 2 lab with equipment for carrying out the
testing work. He shared that PU has a pool of around 40 research
scholars who are ready to volunteer to carry out RT PCR tests. Out of
these, a group of 10 has been identified as trained manpower who are
adept in RT PCR technique. Whenever the need arises, these research
scholars will be given a short training and they will be ready for
testing. They may be provided hostel facility for accommodation or
curfew passes.
Since IMTECH will provide samples in isolated RNA form or inactivated
form, there will be no fear of getting any infection, he added.
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