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In-principle nod for virology institute's centre in Punjab

IANS Aug 11, 2020

The Centre has given in-principle approval to set up a centre of the National Institute of Virology in Punjab to cater to the north zone, officials said on August 10.

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At present, the National Institute of Virology in Pune in Maharashtra is the only institution capable of providing a well-coordinated medical and public health response to a public health emergency in India. The Punjab Chief Minister, who had made the proposal some weeks back amid the COVID-19 pandemic, welcomed the approval, saying the proposed centre would prove to be a milestone in boosting research in the field of virology. He said it will make India future-ready to predict and detect viruses at the earliest so that necessary preventive steps can be taken. He said the virology centre will also go a long way in addressing the requirements of other northern states of Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan, and UTs of Chandigarh and Jammu and Kashmir.

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