Health Minister reviews RT-PCR testing facilities at IGI airport

New Delhi: The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday reviewed the RT-PCR testing facilities for passengers coming from abroad at the IGI airport. A total of 35 rapid RT-PCR testing machines are functional and with this the passengers screening and testing time will be reduced to even 30 minutes for the passengers coming from […]

New Delhi: The Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday reviewed the RT-PCR testing facilities for passengers coming from abroad at the IGI airport.

A total of 35 rapid RT-PCR testing machines are functional and with this the passengers screening and testing time will be reduced to even 30 minutes for the passengers coming from the abroad.

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Meanwhile, India has achieved the fully vaccination of over 50 per cent of the eligible population.

The Health Minister in a tweet said,”Congratulations India. It is a moment of great pride as over 50 per cent of the eligible population is now fully vaccinated. We will win the battle against Covid-19 together”.

According to Union Health Ministry officials, over 84.8 per cent of the adult population in India has been administered the first dose.

With the administration of 1,04,18,707 vaccine doses in a span of 24 hours, the total Covid-19 vaccine doses given in the country has exceeded 127.61 crore, according to the ministry’s provisional report till Sunday.