Manipal: Kasturba Hospital begins COVID-19 tests

Manipal: Kasturba Hospital here has commenced testing samples for the COVID-19 from Tuesday, May 19.

The Hospital’s laboratory is now the first in the Udupi district to be approved for the COVID-19 testing, said Medical Superintendent Dr Avinash Shetty.

With the beginning of the testing centre in the district, the testing load on laboratories in Mangaluru and Shimoga will lessen. The Hospital’s laboratory will be operational 24 hours, Dr Shetty added.