A file photo shows a man undergoing Covid-19 test at a mobile testing unit.
MUMBAI: Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray said on Thursday mobile laboratories for Covid-19 testing will soon be made available across the state.
Thackeray was speaking at the inauguration of three such laboratories for Mumbai city.
With these in operation, over 3,000 more tests can be carried out per day and reports would be available in 24 hours.
The cost of the tests in these labs has been kept at Rs 499 per test, said IS Chahal, BMC Commissioner, who was present at the event.
The mobile labs by Spice Heath, which are accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories (NABL) and Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), have been set up at Bandra Kurla Complex, National Sports Club of India in Worli and NESCO in Goregaon.
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