Aizawl, Aug 31 (PTI) The Mizoram government has installed micro PCR machines in 10 districts for testing of 16 diseases, including COVID-19, according to state Health Minister Dr R Lalthangliana.

The newly installed Truelab Quattro Real-Time Quantitative micro PCR machines would be operational from this week, the minister said on Sunday.

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The machines would benefit the people especially those living in remote areas, Lalthangliana said, adding that 100- 200 samples could be tested in a day with the help of a micro PCR machine.

The micro PCR machines have been installed in 10 out of the 11 districts of the state.

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He said that efforts are on to resolve the shortage of Covid Care Centres (CCC) and Dedicated COVID Health Centres (DCHC) to treat people, who are infected by Covid-19.

Currently, Mizoram has two Covid-19 testing laboratories - one at Zoram Medical College (ZMC), which is equipped with RT-PCR machines and another at Lunglei civil hospital where TrueNat machine is used.

Mizoram till Sunday has reported 1,008 COVID-19 cases.

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