{"id":175854,"date":"2020-06-30T19:25:39","date_gmt":"2020-06-30T19:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/?p=175854"},"modified":"2020-06-30T19:25:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T19:25:39","slug":"nbri-establishes-advanced-virology-lab-for-covid-19-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/175854","title":{"rendered":"NBRI establishes advanced virology lab for COVID-19 testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, June 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, has <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-175855 size-full alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PPNJ3006202003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"594\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PPNJ3006202003.jpg 594w, https:\/\/punjabpost.in\/welcome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/PPNJ3006202003-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/>established an \u201cAdvanced Virology Lab\u201d for testing COVID-19. The facility has been developed based on the guidelines of the Indian Council Medical Research (ICMR), the World Health Organisation (WHO), and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;It is a Bio Safety Level (BSL) 3 level facility. \u201cBiosafety levels are assigned to a facility depending on the pathogen it deals with.&nbsp; According to ICMR guidelines, BSL2 level facility is recommended for COVID-19 but this is an advanced version,\u201d said Dr Samir Sawant, Senior Principal Scientist, NBRI. This advanced version has a \u201cNegative Pressure\u201d, which means it has a suction facility that can suck any aerosol and pass it through filters. It can filter virus or bacteria to make it a safe COVID-19 testing facility. It reduces the possibilities of infections at culturing facilities.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Inauguration of Advanced Virology Lab<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Prof. S.K Barik Director NBRI, said that the facility will add to the testing capacity of Uttar Pradesh (UP). At present, UP is testing about 20,000 samples per day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cTo follow the protocol, we will start testing 100 samples a day in the first week and later we will scale it up to 500 samples a day,\u201d said Dr Sawant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;\u201cAs requested by the higher authorities of the Government of Uttar Pradesh and the Director General of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (DG-CSIR), NBRI took up the initiative for developing the testing facility in the wake of coronavirus pandemic as a service to the people of Uttar Pradesh,\u201d Prof Barik&nbsp; said. Prof. Barik also informed that a team of scientists and researchers from the Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP), Lucknow, will also join the NBRI team for the testing of COVID samples.<\/p>\n<p>Posted On: 30 JUN 2020 12:28PM by PIB Delhi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi, June 30 (Punjab Post Bureau) &#8211; The National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow, has established an \u201cAdvanced Virology Lab\u201d for testing COVID-19. 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