ICMR Set up the 57 Sample collections centers and 52 Test Labs in India for Coronavirus COVID-19 Pandemic
The ongoing pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The outbreak was first identified in Wuhan, Hubei, China, in December 2019 and recognized as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 March 2020, as the first known pandemic that may be controlled. As of 16 March, over 173,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in more than 150 countries and territories, with major outbreaks in mainland China, Europe, Iran and South Korea, among others. More than 6,600 people have died from the disease and over 77,000 have recovered.
In India over 100 people have been coronavirus positive. To stop this CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC Indian government managing the high priority services in every state and same as the state government are providing the best services to the people. Maharashtra state has the largest numbers of coronavirus positive individuals.
According to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), now any individual suspected of having coronavirus (COVID-19) can be tested in over 50 laboratories in India. In addition to ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune, 51 Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDLs) and National Centre for Disease Control, New Delhi are performing testing for COVID-19. ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune is the apex laboratory for reconfirmation of any positive samples as well as the quality assurance for the testing of samples for SARS-CoV-2.
Check 52 Testing sites for COVID-19 in India:
DELHI
- All India Institute Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
- National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC)
MAHARASHTRA
- Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur
- Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai
RAJASTHAN
- Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur
- Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur
- Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar
- SP Med. College, Bikaner
UTTAR PRADESH
- King’s George Medical University, Lucknow
- Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
- Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh
TAMIL NADU
- King’s Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai
- Government Medical College, Theni
UTTARAKHAND
- Government Medical College, Haldwani
WEST BENGAL
- National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
- IPGMER, Kolkata
MADHYA PRADESH
- All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal
- National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur
KARNATAKA
- Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute, Bangalore
- National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore
- Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
- Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan
- Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga
KERALA
- National Institute of Virology Field Unit
- Govt. Medical College, Thriuvananthapuram
- Govt. Medical College, Kozhikhode
GUJARAT
- BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
- M.P.Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar
HARYANA
- BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat
- Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Inst. of Med. Sciences, Rohtak
HIMACHAL PRADESH
- Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
- Dr. Rajendra Prasad Govt. Med. College, Kangra, Tanda
JAMMU AND KASHMIR
- Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
- Government Medical College, Jammu
JHARKHAND
- MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur
MEGHALAYA
- NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong
MANIPUR
- J N Inst. of Med. Sciences Hospital, Imphal-East, Manipur
ODISHA
- Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar
PUNJAB
- Government Medical College, Patiala
- Government Medical College, Amritsar
PUDUCHERRY
- Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research, Puducherry
TELANGANA
- Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad
TRIPURA
- Government Medical College, Agartala
BIHAR
- Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna
CHANDIGARH
- Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh
ASSAM
- Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati
- Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh
CHHATTISGARH
- All India Institute Medical Sciences, Raipur
ANDAMAN and NICOBAR ISLANDS
- Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar
ANDHRA PRADESH,
- Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
- Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam
- GMC, Anantapur AP
57 Sample Collection Laboratories of COVID-19 in India
Maharashtra
- Government Medical College, Miraj, Sangli
- Seth GS Medical College & KEM Hospital , Mumbai
- Government Medical college, Nagpur
- Government Medical College, Aurangabad
- V. M. Government Medical College, Solapur
- Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule
- Government Medical College and Hospital & Superspeciality Hospital, Akola
Andhra Pradesh
- Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada
- Rajeev Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Kadapa
- Rangaraya Medical College, Kakinada
- Guntur Medical College, Guntur
Rajasthan
- RNT Medical College, Udaipur
- AIIMS, Jodhpur
Madhya Pradesh-
- Bundelkhand Medical College, Sagar
- MGM Medical College, Indore
- Gajra Raja Medical College, Gwalior
- S.S Medical College, Rewa
Bihar
- Patna Medical College, Patna
- Darbhanga Medical College, Darbhanga
- S K Medical College, Muzaffarpur
Gujarat-
- Government Medical College, Surat
- GMC, Bhavnagar
- PDU GMC, Rajkot
- Government Medical College & SSG Hospital, Vadodara
Delhiâ€NCT-
- Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi
Karnataka
- Vijayanagar Institute of Medical Science, Bellary
- Gulbarga Institute Of Medical Sciences, Gulbarga
Tamil Nadu
- Madurai Medical College, Madurai
- Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College, Salem
- Government Medical College, Thiruvarur
- Government Medical College, Villupuram
- Tirunelveli Medical College, Tirunelveli
- Coimbatore Medical College, Coimbatore
- Madras Medical College, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
Telangana
- Osmania Medical College, Hyderabad
Uttar Pradesh-
- UPUMS, (Formerly UPRIMS) Saifai
Uttarakhand
- AIIMS, Rishikesh
- Doon Government Medical College, Dehradun
West Bengal-
- Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, Murshidabad,Berhampur, West Bengal
- Midnapore Medical College & Hospital, Midnapore
- North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling
- Malda Medical College, Malda
- RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata
Manipur
- Regional Institute of Medical Sciences, Imphal
Odisha
- SCB Medical College, Cuttack
Puducherry
- Indira Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute, Puducherry
Kerala
- Government Medical College, Thrissur
Ladakh
- Sonam Namgyal Memorial Hospital, Leh
Chhattisgarh
- Late Sri BaliramKashyap Memorial Govt. Medical College,Jagdalpur
Jammu and Kashmir-
- Government Medical College, Srinagar
Jharkhand
- Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Ranchi
Assam
- Silchar Medical College, Silchar
- Jorhat Medical College, Jorhat
- Tezpur Medical College, Tezpur
- Fakhruddin Medical College, Barpeta
Chandigarh
- Government Medical College & Hospital, Chandigarh
Reference from Official Site of ICMR