Any individual suspected of havingcoronavirus (COVID-19) can be tested at three test centres in Assam, saidHealth Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday.
Earlier, the testing facilities wereavailable at Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and Regional MedicalResearch Centre, Dibrugarh.
"To check any possibility of spread of COVID-19in the state, the laboratory of Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) gotaccredited as test centre. However, No confirmed case of COVID-19 has beenfound so far in Assam", Sarma said.
Addressing aPress Conference at Janata Bhawan on the precautions being taken by Assam Govtagainst spreading of Coronavirus, Himanta Biswa Sarma said people who contact the hospital authorities and have beenassessed as being at high risk of carrying the virus will be referred to thecentres.
He also stated that sample collectioncentres had been set-up at Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed Medical College and Hospital atBarpeta, Tezpur Medical College and Hospital and Silchar Medical College andHospital.
The Assam Government has already taken all the necessary steps to deal with the deadly Coronavirus outbreak though not a single case has been detected in the state. The state government has formed a core committee and IAS Anurag Goel has been appointed as the nodal officer of the committee.
