The Sindh government on Thursday said it has established a COVID-19 laboratory at Karachi University’s International Centre for Chemical and Biological Research, which has been dubbed as ‘Pakistan’s biggest testing laboratory’, with a capacity to conduct 800 tests on a daily basis.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah said, “Sindh has set up Pakistan’s largest laboratory at Karachi University,” adding that the facility will increase in the coming three weeks where about 2,400 tests would be carried out daily.
While announcing the development on Twitter, Senator Murtaza Wahab said that the health facility would be functional from today.
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Pakistan has climbed up to 10,811 after new infections were confirmed in the country today. The nation-wide death toll has risen to 228 with 73 deaths reported from Sindh.
