Defence Minister inaugurated DRDO mobile testing lab

Defence Minister inaugurated a mobile virology research and diagnostics laboratory, a testing facility developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation that can process over 1,000 samples in a day, speed up COVID-19 screening and carry out immune profiling of patients of the virus for vaccine development.

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Key-Points

Biosafety Level 2 and Level 3 lab will help to process more than 1,000 samples in a day. It will enhance the country’s capabilities in fighting COVID-19.

MVRL related R&D activities was developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), the Hyderabad based laboratory of DRDO in consultation with ESIC Hospital, Hyderabad.

The labs are built as per the World Health Organization (WHO) and ICMR Bio-safety standards to meet international guidelines.

The labs have built-in electrical controls, LAN, Telephone cabling, and CCTV.

The Mobile Lab will carry out the diagnosis of COVID-19.

It will also help in virus culturing for drug screening, Convalescent plasma-derived therapy, comprehensive immune profiling of COVID-19 patients towards vaccine development early clinical trials specific to the Indian population.