INDIA : In order to combat COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is taking all steps to attain a capacity to conduct four lakh coronavirus tests per day, a government official said on Friday.In a high-level Governing Body (GB) meeting of ICMR held on Friday, Union Health Minister, Dr Harsh Vardhan, who also holds the chair of the president of the apex medical research institute, appreciated the 100 days of ICMR's efforts in the fight against the virus menace."The governing body meeting entirely focused on COVID-19 pandemic.
Talks were on to strengthen our testing capacity, strong surveillance of contact tracing and proper treatment to an infected person.