Govt. moves to ramp up COVID-19 tests
The Hindu
Minister gives his nod for recruitment of additional technical staff
To ramp up COVID-19 tests at the Viral Research and Diagnostic Laboratories (VRDL) in the 14 medical colleges in the State, Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas has given his nod for appointment of 113 additional technical staff. As part of the key decisions taken by the Group of Ministers appointed by the government to control the spread of the virus, the Minister cleared the way for appointment of additional staff on contract basis for a period of six months. The move will facilitate increased number of Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RTPCR) tests at the VRDLs on a daily basis.More Related News
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