Bhubaneswar: As Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik insisted for higher number of testing facilties in the State, the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar has been permitted to conduct COVID-19 testing.
According to reports, the Department of Biotechnology, GoI has given the permission to the institute to conduct COVID-19 testing. The testing will commence next week.
Director ILS Bhubaneswar has informed Principal Secretary Health @nbdhal that they have got permission of @DBTIndia to conduct COVID 19 testing. The testing will commence next week. @CMO_Odisha
— H & FW Dept Odisha (@HFWOdisha) April 8, 2020
The State Health & Family Welfare Department informed this on its Twitter handle.