SPPU COVID-19 Test Lab: Operations may begin in 10 days

In order to provide assistance, SPPU revamped an existing laboratory facility and converted it to the BSL III lab requirements. It is now waiting for the experts’ committee to see the mandatory compliance.

SPPU Biological Safety Level (BSL) III Laboratory: After almost 10 months Savitribai Phule Pune University (SPPU) finally received approval from the state government to set up a Biological Safety Level (BSL) III laboratory to test samples for COVID-19. According to the reports, SPPU commenced working on the laboratory operation on a war footing and according to the varsity’s vice-chancellor, Nitin Karmalkar, the testing will begin in the next 10 days. In order to provide assistance, SPPU revamped an existing laboratory facility and converted it to the BSL III lab requirements. It is now waiting for the experts’ committee to see the mandatory compliance.

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Reports suggest that initially, the University has planned to keep the capacity of the lab of about 100 tests per day and later they would be scaling up the testing capacity. SPPU will be using the laboratory for molecular diagnostic and research too, making it the first such lab among state universities. Currently, National Institute of Virology (NIV) has a BSL III and BSL IV lab. The laboratory had received funding of Rs 15 crore. The lab can test nearly 400 to 500 samples daily.

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