Tata group launches 90-minute test kits to detect COVID-19

The healthcare unit of Tata Group, Tata Medical and Diagnostics, launched its COVID-19 test kit on Monday which will be available at laboratories and hospitals from December. Also Read | Total ban on firecrackers in Delhi-NCR from Nov 9 midnight to Nov 30 The government-approved test, which can provide the final result within 90 minutes, will be manufactured at Tata's plant in Chennai India which has the capacity to produce 1 million test kits a month, the CEO Girish Krishnamurthy stated. Also Read | UK to honour 21 heroes of Saragarhi who killed 200 with 9-ft bronze statue

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According to the government data, the launch comes as India's COVID-19 cases rise by 45,903 to 8.55 million with deaths rising by 490 to 126,611.

-PTC News