AHMEDABAD: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) will pay towards RT-PCR tests at specialized booths being set up at major public gathering points — the major transit bus station, railway station, markets and other community spaces. At least nine laboratories have been engaged for the purpose.
“AMC will pay Rs 320 per test that are carried out at these specialized testing booths set up by the laboratory,” claimed a senior AMC official. Each day, around 18,000 RT-PCR tests are carried out within municipal limits across government and medical labs according to municipal officials.
“SVP has the potential to process 1,500 RT-PCR samples a day for Covid, but as the numbers are increasing, we have asked the nine laboratories capable of carrying out these tests to set up booths,” the official said.
The officials also added that RAT tests were not enough to detect the Covid variant. In the next two weeks, the AMC may increase the RT-PCR testing booths in the city. “We are looking at the post-Uttarayan period when we expect the Covid numbers to surge drastically and may require more RT-PCR testing booths,” said the AMC health official.
