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Enhancing Country Laboratory Testing Capacity

for COVID-19

The technical training has been intensified and expanded beyond Ministry of Health facilities
such as universities and private sectors. The training was conducted by IMR using an in-
house primer developed by Dr.Ravi. These trainings cover pre-analytical and analytical
requirements of the testing; specimen collection, packaging and transportation and safe use of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) as well as relevant technology transfer (RT PCR) for
COVID-19. In early stages, we communicated with the World Health Organization (WHO)
especially for the support on the reagent, primer and probes.