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    Covid Survival Guide: What you should do if you want to get yourself tested

    Synopsis

    Till now, ICMR had only been conducting tests on symptomatic patients. India’s apex medical body intensified random sampling last week, including people who display flu-like symptoms but don’t have any history of travel to outbreak zones to determine whether community transmission is taking place.

    Coronavirus
    The ICMR, on Monday, approved six private laboratories in three states for Covid-19 testing.
    As the deadly coronavirus sweeps over the nation, the Indian Centre for Medical Research (ICMR) has been working to test more and more people for the presence of the virus.

    Till now, ICMR had only been conducting tests on symptomatic patients. India’s apex medical body intensified random sampling last week, including people who display flu-like symptoms but don’t have any history of travel to outbreak zones to determine whether community transmission is taking place.

    In a notification issued on March 20th, ICMR said that asymptomatic individuals who have traveled internationally in the last 2 weeks should stay in home quarantine for 14 days, and that they will be tested only if they become symptomatic (symptoms include fever, cough, difficulty in breathing). All family members living with a confirmed case should be home quarantined too, according to guideline.

    If you feel that you may be exposed to the virus, or you're already showing symptoms of the virus, here is what you can do to get yourself tested.

    What you should do if you want to get tested
    In case you feel that you may have contracted the virus, call Union health ministry's 24X7 helpline number: 01123978046.

    You can also mail your queries at ncov2019@gmail.com.

    The district surveillance officer will visit you and, if the chances of infection are high, you may be transported to a designated hospital for the test. The government has allotted separate ambulances for transporting suspected cases. Use of public transport isn't advised.

    Find testing centres near you
    In additio to government facilities, the ICMR has also approved sixteen private laboratories in three states for Covid-19 testing.

    The approved private laboratories are
    Maharashtra
    - Thyrocare
    - Suburban Diagnostics
    - Metropolis Healthcare
    - H N Reliance Foundation Hospital and Research Centre.
    - SRL Limited, Mumbai

    Karnataka
    - Newberg Anand Reference Laboratory in and

    Gujarat
    - Unipath Speciality Laboratory, Ahmedabad
    - Supratech Micropath Laboratory & Research Institute

    Delhi
    - Dr Lal PathLabs
    - Dr Dangs Lab
    - Indraprastha Apollo

    Tamil Nadu
    – Department of Clinical Virology, CMC, Vellore,
    - Department of Laboratory Services, Apollo Hospitals, Chennai

    Haryana
    - Strand Life Sciences
    - SRL Limited

    Telangana
    - Apollo Hyderabad

    Here is a complete list of government testing centres
    Andhra Pradesh
    - Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences, Tirupati
    - Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
    - GMC, Anantapur, AP

    Andaman and Nicobar
    - Regional Medical Research Centre, Port Blair

    Northeast
    - Gauhati Medical College, Guwahati, Assam
    - Regional Medical Research Center, Dibrugarh, Assam
    - NEIGRI of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya
    - J N Inst. of Med. Sciences Hospital, Imphal-East, Manipur
    - Government Medical College, Agartala, Tripura

    Bihar
    - Rajendra Memorial Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

    Chandigarh
    - Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research

    Chhattisgarh
    - All India Institute Medical Sciences, Raipur

    Delhi-NCR
    - All India Institute Medical Sciences, Delhi
    - National Centre for Disease Control, Delhi

    Gujarat
    - BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad
    - M.P.Shah Government Medical College, Jamnagar

    Haryana
    - Pt. B.D. Sharma Post Graduate Inst. of Med. Sciences, Rohtak
    - BPS Govt Medical College, Sonipat

    Himachal Pradesh
    - Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla
    - Dr.Rajendra Prasad Govt. Med. College, Kangra, Tanda

    Jammu & Kashmir
    - Sher-e- Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Srinagar
    - Government Medical College, Jammu

    Jharkhand
    - MGM Medical College, Jamshedpur

    Karnataka
    - Bangalore Medical College & Research Institute
    - National Institute of Virology Field Unit Bangalore
    - Mysore Medical College & Research Institute, Mysore
    - Hassan Inst. of Med. Sciences, Hassan
    - Shimoga Inst. of Med. Sciences, Shivamogga

    Kerala
    - National Institute of Virology Field Unit
    - Govt. Medical College, Thriuvananthapuram
    - Govt. Medical College, Kozhikhode

    Madhya Pradesh
    - All India Institute Medical Sciences, Bhopal
    - National Institute of Research in Tribal Health (NIRTH), Jabalpur

    Maharashtra
    - Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur
    - Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai

    Odisha
    - Regional Medical Research Center, Bhubaneswar

    Puducherry
    - Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research

    Punjab
    - Government Medical College, Patiala
    - Government Medical College, Amritsar

    Rajasthan
    - Sawai Man Singh, Jaipur
    - Dr. S.N Medical College, Jodhpur
    - Jhalawar Medical College, Jhalawar
    - SP Med. College, Bikaner

    Tamil Nadu
    - King's Institute of Preventive Medicine & Research, Chennai
    - Government Medical College, Theni

    Telangana
    - Gandhi Medical College, Secunderabad

    Uttar Pradesh
    - King's George Medical University, Lucknow
    - Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi
    - Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh

    Uttarakhand
    - Government Medical College, Haldwani

    West Bengal
    - National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Kolkata
    - IPGMER, Kolkata


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