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.

Source: Positive Cases by ICMR till 15 March, 2020

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:

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

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

Delhi‐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

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