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Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Anupriya Patel, Thursday inaugurated the National Virus Research and Diagnostic Laboratory Conclave in New Delhi.
The Minister also released the In-Vitro Diagnostics validation portal and protocols and exuded confidence in the new IVD validation portal. It will facilitate faster, more transparent, and industry-friendly validation processes.
Addressing scientists from 165 VRDLs across the country at the two-day Conclave being held in Delhi, Mrs Patel said, the country’s VRDLs have stood as sentinels in protecting the country during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
She acknowledged the key role played by these Laboratories in sequencing the virus and validating nearly one thousand 700 diagnostic commodities.