India’s first Biosafety level-3 Containment Mobile Laboratory

India’s first Biosafety level-3 Containment Mobile Laboratory

Question: In which of the following city India’s first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory inaugurated recently?
a) Kanpur
b) Lucknow
c) Nashik
d) Hyderabad
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:-

  • India’s first Biosafety level-3 containment mobile laboratory in Nashik, Maharashtra.
  • Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Bharati Pravin Pawar has inaugurated this mobile laboratory.
  • It will help to investigate newly emerging and re-emerging viral infections, by specially trained scientists from ICMR.
  • The newly launched lab will be able to access remote and forested areas of the country, to investigate outbreaks using samples from humans and animal sources.
  • According to the Minister the lab is a significant value addition to the government’s efforts to strengthen healthcare infrastructure through the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Bharat Health Infrastructure Mission.

By – Rajesh Tripathi

Link:-
https://www.deccanherald.com/national/west/india-s-first-biosafety-level-3-mobile-laboratory-inaugurated-in-nashik-1082875.html