Amritsar govt lab ramps up corona testing

AMRITSAR: The Covid-19 testing capacity at the viral research and diagnostic laboratory of Government Medical College (GMC), Amritsar, has been increased by 50% — 1,000 tests — with the installation of a new automatic RNA (ribonucleic acid) extraction machine. The laboratory so far had the daily capacity of conducting 2,000 tests. The testing capacity at the lab has increased by 2,900% in the last two months as it could only process 100 samples a day till April 8.